Despondency (6)
'despondency' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for gloom that I've seen before include "Betting figures" , "Cloudiness" , "Obscurity or melancholy" , "Murk" , "Melancholy state" .)
'despondency' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for misery that I've seen before include "Extreme unhappiness" , "Woe, wretchedness" , "Party-pooper" , "Great suffering" , "Torment" .)
(Other definitions for doldrums that I've seen before include "Belt of calms and unpredictable weather in equatorial seas" , "still under canvas here" , "Belt of calm where winds from the northern and southern hemispheres come together" , "Depressed state - area around the Equator" , "Area of calms between the northern and southern trade winds of the Atlantic and Pacific" .)