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despond
verb
(de-spond)
lose confidence or hope; become dejected
Examples:
The supporters of the Presidential candidate desponded when they learned the early results of the election.
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abyss
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mire
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murk
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slough of despond
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morass
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despondency
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nothingness
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mediocrity
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malaise
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inconsequence
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nadirs
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miasma
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glooms
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cynicism
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irrelevance
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dross
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glories
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insipidity
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purposelessness
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torpor
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dispair
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decrepitude
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perdition
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annus
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lotus eater
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stupor
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irrelevancy
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idylls
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ennui
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enervation
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tedium
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glummer
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rightwards
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weltschmerz
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wretchedness
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quicksand
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dankness
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lunacies
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anomie
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penury
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turpitude
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languor
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joylessness
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incoherence
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wanhope
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insipidness
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obscurity
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muck
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greyness
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ghastliness
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labourism
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infantilism
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stodginess
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shabbiness
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desolation
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dullness
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rut
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superciliousness
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philistinism
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agonies
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sanguinity
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mists
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daydreamers
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sentimentalism
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moroseness
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mossy
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spume
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listlessness
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cesspit
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deadness
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uninterest
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pessimism
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lassitude
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slagheap
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dilettantism
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optimists
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banality
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anglophilia
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hopelessness
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negativism
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effluvia
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puce
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disillusion
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bathos
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despond
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