despondency

• Sometimes it only is a tendency to cry at trivial things or an inclination to despondency--to have "the blues," or to worry over real or fancied slights. —  Herself Talks with Women Concerning Themselves
• The discouragement, despondency, and nervousness is a result of reduced physical vitality and lack of system. —  The Eugenic Marriage, Volume I. (of IV.) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies
• At times he sank into the lowest state of despondency, and left his incapable colleagues, to make their own arrangements and adopt their own measures. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.III. From George III. to Victoria
• While he was in this state of despondency, the duke of Burgundy, the earl of Flanders, and the archbishop of Rheims interposed with their good offices; and the intelligence which he received of the taking of Tours, and which made him fully sensible of the desperate situation of his affairs, so subdued his spirit, that he submitted to all the rigorous terms which, were imposed upon him. —  The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part A. From the Britons of Early Times to King John
• The seniors are led out in deep despondency, and Rama with his brother and wife set off to the woods A dialogue opens between the two birds, Jatayu and Sampati, the vulture-descendants of Kasyapa, who have seen successive creations. —  Tales from the Hindu Dramatists

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