despondency

n.
Depression of spirits from loss of hope, confidence, or courage; dejection.

noun

1. Utter lack of hope: despair, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, hopelessness. See hope/despair.
2. A feeling or spell of dismally low spirits: blues, dejection, depression, despondence, doldrums, dolefulness, downheartedness, dumps, dysphoria, funk, gloom, glumness, heavy-heartedness, melancholy, mope (used in plural), mournfulness, sadness, unhappiness. See feelings, happy/unhappy.

n

Definition: disheartenment
Antonyms: cheerfulness, hopefulness

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
  Synonyms: despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - fortvivlelse, modløshed

Nederlands (Dutch)
wanhoop, verslagenheid, moedeloosheid

Français (French)
n. - découragement, abattement

Deutsch (German)
n. - Mutlosigkeit, Verzweiflung

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - καταπτόηση, απόγνωση, κατάθλιψη, μελαγχολία

Italiano (Italian)
scoraggiamento, disperazione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - desânimo (m)

Русский (Russian)
уныние, отчаяние

Español (Spanish)
n. - desaliento, abatimiento, pesimismo, depresión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - förtvivlan, misströstan

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
失去勇气, 失望

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 失去勇氣, 失望

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 의기 소침, 낙심

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 失望

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) حاله أو نوبه عامه من الكآبه أو القنوط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮דיכאון‬

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