| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| GLOOMINESS | Despondency | |
| MALAISE | Despondency | |
| BLUES | Despondency | |
| GLUMNESS | Despondency | |
| DESPOND | Despondency. | |
| DESPONDENCE | Despondency. | |
| DEPRESSION | Dejection; despondency; lowness. | |
| DESERTION | Abandonment by God; spiritual despondency. | |
| BLUE | Low spirits; a fit of despondency; melancholy. | |
| DESPAIR | Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency. | |
| BUOY | To support or sustain; to preserve from sinking into ruin or despondency. | |
| DUMP | A dull, gloomy state of the mind; sadness; melancholy; low spirits; despondency; ill humor; -- now used only in the plural. | |
| PARALYZE | Fig.: To unnerve; to destroy or impair the energy of; to render ineffective; as, the occurrence paralyzed the community; despondency paralyzed his efforts. | |
| DECLINE | To bend, or lean downward; to take a downward direction; to bend over or hang down, as from weakness, weariness, despondency, etc.; to condescend. | |
| FORTITUDE | ... person to encounter danger with coolness and courage, or to bear pain or adversity without murmuring, depression, or despondency; passive co... | |