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# despondency

«despondency» in Mova's school dictionary: **a feeling of low spirits and lost hope, being very sad…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (despondency — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

Despondency is a feeling of low spirits and lost hope, being very sad and unwilling to try. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondency/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In stories, a character falls into despondency after a failure; in The Wind in the Willows Toad sinks into deep despondency in his dungeon until the gaoler's daughter cheers him. In The Pilgrim's Progress, Christian falls into the «Slough of Despond», a bog of despair. In everyday life, talking to someone helps fight despondency.

### examples

- Toad sank into despondency in his dark cell. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondency/#x1)
- After losing the final, the team was full of despondency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondency/#x2)
- A kind word lifted her despondency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondency/#x3)
- The rain added to our despondency. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondency/#x4)
- In his despondency he refused to eat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondency/#x5)
- Christian fell into the Slough of Despond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondency/#x6)

### note

Uncountable. Adjective: despondent. Similar: gloom, despair, low spirits. If sadness lasts a long time, talk to a trusted adult.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «despondency» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/D/despondency/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.