SLOUGH OF DESPOND


Meaning of SLOUGH OF DESPOND in English

/ ˌslaʊ əv dɪˈspɒnd; NAmE dɪˈspɑːnd/ noun

[ sing. ] a mental state in which a person feels no hope and is very afraid :

He was sinking into the Slough of Despond.

ORIGIN: From the name of a place that Christian, the main character, must travel through in John Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress .

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