despondence

As nouns the difference between apathy and despondence

is that apathy is complete lack of emotion or motivation about a person, activity, or object; depression; lack of interest or enthusiasm; disinterest while despondence is the state of being downcast or despondent.

As a verb dispirited

is past tense of dispirit.

As an adjective dispirited

is without energy, gusto or drive, enervated, without the will to accomplish, disheartened.

As a noun despondence is

the state of being downcast or despondent.

As nouns the difference between despond and despondence

is that despond is (archaic) despondency while despondence is the state of being downcast or despondent.

As a verb despond

is to give up the will, courage, or spirit; to become dejected, lose heart.

As nouns the difference between despair and despondence

is that despair is loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency while despondence is the state of being downcast or despondent.

As a verb despair

is (obsolete) to give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.

As nouns the difference between disconsolate and despondence

is that disconsolate is (obsolete) disconsolateness while despondence is the state of being downcast or despondent.

As an adjective disconsolate

is cheerless, dreary.

As nouns the difference between despondence and respondence

is that despondence is the state of being downcast or despondent while respondence is (obsolete) response, answer.

As a verb despir

is to undress (remove somebody’s clothing).

As a noun despondence is

the state of being downcast or despondent.