Both Uses of
despondent
in
The House of the Seven Gables
- In the case of our old gentlewoman, after the excitement of new effort had subsided, the despondency of her whole life threatened, ever and anon, to return.†
Chpt 3 *despondency = depression
- The second of Chanticleer's two wives, ever since Phoebe's arrival, had been in a state of heavy despondency, caused, as it afterwards appeared, by her inability to lay an egg.†
Chpt 10
Definition:
emotionally depressed -- especially a feeling of grief and hopelessness after a loss