despondency
Definitions
Noun
- Feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless
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Sounds Like
Words that sound like the term "despondency".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | discrepancy | 4 | 11 |
| 2 | delinquency | 4 | 7 |
Spelled Like
Words that are spelled similarly to the term "despondency".
| # | Word | Syllables | Freq |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | independence | 4 | 70 |
| 2 | tendency | 3 | 49 |
| 3 | dependent | 3 | 40 |
| 4 | correspondence | 4 | 25 |
| 5 | respond | 2 | 21 |
| 6 | responded | 3 | 20 |
| 7 | dependence | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | respondent | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | respondents | 3 | 8 |
| 10 | responding | 3 | 6 |
| 11 | respondents' | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | dependency | 4 | 3 |
| 13 | despondent | 3 | 2 |
| 14 | spoden | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | denden | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | responder | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | residency | 4 | 0 |
| 18 | dependencies | 4 | 0 |
| 19 | corespondent | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | responders | 3 | 0 |
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Words that often follow the term "despondency" in a sentence.
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Statistically Associated
Words that are statistically associated with "despondency" in the same piece of text.
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Consonant Match
Words that contain the same consonants as the term "despondency".
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Results:
Term
Definitions: 1
Fragments: 1
Sound Alikes: 2
Spelled Like: 20
Words that Follow: 0
Words that Precede: 0
Statistically Associated: 0
Consonant Matches: 0
Freq: The frequency is a relative score of how often the word appears in standard English text.
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A dialogue with St. John Climacus: How to overcome despondency and sloth
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