English

Etymology
From the name of a bog in John Bunyan's w:The Pilgrim's Progress|The Pilgrim's Progress.

Noun
slough|Slough of despond|Despond

1. 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)

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