Definition of Despondence. Meaning of Despondence. Synonyms of Despondence

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Definition of Despondence

Despondence
Despondence De*spond"ence, n. Despondency. The people, when once infected, lose their relish for happiness [and] saunter about with looks of despondence. --Goldsmith.

Meaning of Despondence from wikipedia

- Despondence (Arabic: قنوط) is one of the major sins in Islam. Disappointment and its derivatives are mentioned six times in the Quran. In some sources...
- racquet, given by Raymond as a gift, is taken from his house. In his despondence, Robert confesses to Sarah that Raymond paid doctors to supply abortifacients...
- This disappointment over his canceled leave contributes to his initial despondence at the picket. During his first eight months at Picket 43, Harindran...
- simulation many times. Every attempt ends in failure, adding to his despondence. A holographic version of Spock advises Dal that "the needs of the many...
- outside the temple where they meet Fred and Velma. As the gang fell into despondence, Fred reveals that he actually went to a cheerleading school during his...
- league goals in 21 appearances; as a result of his limited appearances, despondence and strenuous relationship with the manager, rumours even circulated...
- morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth, Spite of despondence, of the inhuman dearth Of noble natures, of the gloomy days, Of all the...
- cyclothymia—mood swings that range from moments of extreme euphoria to moments of despondence". A different explanation was that such behavior was a tactic used by...
- mind they are just as certainly bound up with 'the sweets of poetical despondence'." Persuasion is the first of Austen's novels to feature as the central...
- buried in a grave that he had dug in his backyard. He channeled his despondence into the writing of his song "'Til I Die", which he described as the...