the Slough of Despond — (the state of) extreme despondency, great depression • • • Main Entry: ↑slough … Useful english dictionary
Slough of Despond — The Slough of Despond is a deep bog in John Bunyan s allegory The Pilgrim s Progress , into which the character Christian sinks under the weight of his sins and his sense of guilt. It is the low ground where the scum and filth of a guilty… … Wikipedia
slough of despond — Etymology: from the Slough of Despond, deep bog into which Christian falls on the way from the City of Destruction and from which Help saves him in the allegory Pilgrim s Progress (1678) by John Bunyan Date: 1776 a state of extreme depression … New Collegiate Dictionary
Slough of Despond — a place in The Pilgrim’s Progress. It is a slough (= an area of soft, wet ground) that is full of fears and doubts. It is sometimes used to refer to the mental condition of a person with many doubts and fears: While he was in this slough of… … Universalium
Slough of Despond — noun A state of despondency. ,2003, Why could Johnson not drag himself out of this slough of despond? Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason (Penguin 2004, p. 183) … Wiktionary
Slough of Despond — Slough of Des|pond, the literary a situation in which you are very unhappy and there seems to be no hope that things will improve. The expression comes from the name of a place in the book ThePilgrim s Progress by John Bunyan … Dictionary of contemporary English
SLOUGH OF DESPOND — a deep bog in the Pilgrim s Progress, into which Christian sinks under the weight of his sins and his sense of their guilt … The Nuttall Encyclopaedia
Slough (wetland) — The word slough (in British English pronEng|ˈslaʊ, to rhyme with cow ; in American and Canadian English pronounced IPA|/ˈsluː/, slew ) has several meanings related to wetland or aquatic features. The etymology is related to the Dutch word… … Wikipedia
Despond — De*spond n. Despondency. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] The slough of despond. Bunyan. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
(the) Pilgrim's Progress — The Pilgrim’s Progress [The Pilgrims Progress] a religious novel written between 1678 and 1684 by John Bunyan. It is an ↑allegory (= a story in which the characters and events are symbols representing other things, such as truths, fears and human … Useful english dictionary
The Pilgrim's Progress — For the Kula Shaker album, see Pilgrims Progress (album). The Pilgrim s Progress … Wikipedia
