How to pronounce “despondency” in English

Similar thoughts had no doubt wondered to the mind of the rest of us, but we were wary of articulating them.Lucy was quick to detect the new surge despondency.

And so there's a little bit-- materially life is better than it's ever been in the history of the human race.Yet there's just huge amounts of pessimism, mental health issues, despair, despondency that's going on in our culture.And the book is mainly about investigating why that is.

"I could hear Anthony talking with the owners of Lung Shan behind me in Cantonese, but I couldn't understand a word.I thought, 'they better be talking about what a good wife I am.'" Karen Leibowitz: "When we got home, I was exhausted to the point of despondency, butI also felt a little bit sentimental.