despondency

What you were left with at the end was a feeling of despondency at how poor Scotland actually were.

It took a while to shake off the despondency and depression many of us felt after Trump was restored and then deputized a weird billionaire to wreck the government.

"To get constant rejections just left me in an even deeper pit of despair and despondency."

Adding to their despondency, is a fact all involved stress repeatedly: the vaccine is simply not enough to save the species.

Certainly, hope is an important psychological motivator for many people, and relying solely on doom-and-gloom messaging could push some people into despondency.