How do you use Despondency in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like despondence or depression, plus the exact meaning.
Despondency in a sentence
Despondency meaning
- The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection.
- A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
Synonyms of Despondency
Using Despondency
- The main meaning on this page is: The loss of hope or confidence; despair or dejection. | A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
- Useful related words include: despondence, heartsickness, disconsolateness, depression.
- In the example corpus, despondency often appears in combinations such as: of despondency, and despondency, despondency and.
Context around Despondency
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 7 middle, 11 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Despondency
- In this selection, "despondency" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, self, highlight, economic, may, increased and throughout stand out and add context to how "despondency" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include panic and despondency and also by despondency over the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "despondency" sits close to words such as abadi, acidification and acker, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with despondency
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It is one of hopelessness and despondency. (7 words)
So much for needless panic and despondency! (7 words)
Sick leaves, days off, and other evidence of despondency increased. (10 words)
It is encouraging that some of the governors of the affected states are partnering the military in a bid to restore normalcy and stave off the feeling of despondency and hopelessness among the citizens. (34 words)
Romanians, especially the young and educated, have left the country in droves over the past decade, drawn by better opportunities elsewhere in Europe, but also by despondency over the lack of progress at home. (34 words)
But to this day, to listen to the is to be astonished as to what degree his music was able to conquer his despondency, even while in life it eventually completely overwhelmed him. (33 words)
So much for needless panic and despondency! (7 words)
Example sentences (20)
I’ve had a few bouts of despondency, but self-despondency in our case is self-indulgent: the damage is relatively slight.
Outlook on future life: Trends in the outlook South Africans have for their future in the medium term also highlight despondency and hopelessness (Figure 2).
The gloom and despondency among scores of Conservative MPs is very real.
We cannot deny we had one of the worst groups of electoral representation in 2018, which brought about much anguish and despondency among all of us.
Amongst the signs that economic despondency may be easing that has been gripping the US customers, the S&P 500 made a new all-time high.
And there are additional factors propelling investor despondency in Australia, Mr Sycamore said.
Illegal immigration, coupled with the toxic belief that Islamic fundamentalists are now entrenched within UK communities, extremism, political violence, mob rule, a rioting generation of hate filled discourse and despondency.
But the scenes that bookend that horror ground its most ghoulish and surreal sequences in the real sense of despondency that threatened to drown many communities in the wake of the war.
But to this day, to listen to the is to be astonished as to what degree his music was able to conquer his despondency, even while in life it eventually completely overwhelmed him.
It is encouraging that some of the governors of the affected states are partnering the military in a bid to restore normalcy and stave off the feeling of despondency and hopelessness among the citizens.
It is one of hopelessness and despondency.
Members of the public should therefore disregard the falsehoods being peddled through social media as such claims are meant to cause panic and despondency.
Given how sensitively our economy reacts to matters decided by the rain god, it is no wonder we are feeling upbeat and optimistic after months of despondency.
Monica’s despondency is shared by several others for development, to them, has been a dusky mirage.
Romanians, especially the young and educated, have left the country in droves over the past decade, drawn by better opportunities elsewhere in Europe, but also by despondency over the lack of progress at home.
Sick leaves, days off, and other evidence of despondency increased.
So much for needless panic and despondency!
The death of Saeed’s sister not only left a chasm in his life but also in his hometown as the city is a symbol of despondency throughout his debut compilation.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on Sunday lamented what it identified as the escalated despondency, depression and misery in the country since the rigging of the 2019 presidential election.
We believe that the widespread hopelessness and despondency bedevilling our youths is, to a high degree, the cause of the present insecurity pervading our land.
Common combinations with despondency
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: