despondency

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• Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈspɒndənsi/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IH0 S P AA1 N D AH0 N S IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Latin dēspondentia, from dēspondēns + -ia. Equivalent to despondent + -ency.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: отчаяние (otčajanie) — loss of hope or confidence
• Bulgarian: безнадеждност (beznadeždnost) — loss of hope or confidence
• Catalan: desesper — loss of hope or confidence
• Catalan: desesperació — loss of hope or confidence
• Czech: malomyslnost — loss of hope or confidence
• Danish: modløshed — loss of hope or confidence
• Dutch: wanhoop — loss of hope or confidence
• Dutch: radeloosheid — loss of hope or confidence
• French: désespoir — loss of hope or confidence
• German: Verzagtheit — loss of hope or confidence
• German: Mutlosigkeit — loss of hope or confidence
• German: Verzweiflung — loss of hope or confidence
• German: Verzagen — loss of hope or confidence
• Greek: αθυμία (athymía) — loss of hope or confidence
• Ancient Greek: δυσθυμία (dusthumía) — loss of hope or confidence
• Italian: abbattimento — loss of hope or confidence
• Macedonian: о́чај (óčaj) — loss of hope or confidence
• Macedonian: безна́дежност (beznádežnost) — loss of hope or confidence
• Māori: takaruretanga — loss of hope or confidence
• Māori: ngākau pōuri — loss of hope or confidence
• Polish: zniechęcenie — loss of hope or confidence
• Polish: beznadzieja — loss of hope or confidence
• Romagnol: abatimént — loss of hope or confidence
• Romanian: disperare — loss of hope or confidence
• Russian: упадок духа (upadok duxa) — loss of hope or confidence
• Russian: отчаянье (otčajanʹje) — loss of hope or confidence
• Spanish: desesperanza — loss of hope or confidence
• Spanish: desesperación — loss of hope or confidence
• Spanish: descorazonamiento — loss of hope or confidence
• Swedish: modlöshet — loss of hope or confidence
• Swedish: hopplöshet — loss of hope or confidence
• Tagalog: hinayo — loss of hope or confidence
• Tagalog: paghihinayo — loss of hope or confidence
• Turkish: umutsuzluk — loss of hope or confidence
• Turkish: ümitsizlik — loss of hope or confidence
• Bulgarian: униние (uninie) — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Catalan: desànim — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Catalan: abatiment — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Czech: malomyslnost — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Danish: modløshed — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Dutch: wanhoop — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Dutch: radeloosheid — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• French: abattement — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• German: Niedergeschlagenheit — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• German: Mutlosigkeit — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Greek: αθυμία (athymía) — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Ancient Greek: δυσθυμία (dusthumía) — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Irish: anaoibh — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Irish: gruaim — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Italian: abbattimento — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Italian: scoraggiamento — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Italian: sconforto — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Latin: maestitia — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Latin: maeror — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Macedonian: мало́душност (malódušnost) — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Māori: takaruretanga — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Māori: rāwakiwaki — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Māori: ngākau pōuri — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Norwegian: motløshet — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Norwegian: mistrøstighet — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Norwegian: nedtrykthet — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Norwegian: nedtrykking — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Norwegian: mismot — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Polish: zniechęcenie — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Polish: zwątpienie — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Romagnol: abatimént — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Romanian: mâhnire — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Romanian: melancolie — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Russian: отчаянье (otčajanʹje) — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Russian: уныние (unynije) — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Tagalog: hinayo — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Tagalog: paghihinayo — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Tocharian B: silñe — a feeling of depression or disheartenment
• Turkish: cesaretsizlik — a feeling of depression or disheartenment