Hopelessness synonyms

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despondency
A feeling of depression or disheartenment.
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desperation
The act of despairing or becoming desperate; a giving up of hope.
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helplessness (related)
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despair (related)
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despondence
The state of being downcast or despondent.
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despond
(Archaic) Despondency.
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hope (related)
(Uncountable) The belief or expectation that something wished for can or will happen.
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powerlessness (related)
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self-loathing (related)
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desperateness
The state or quality of being desperate.
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hopefulness (antonym)
The property of being hopeful.
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worthlessness (related)
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self-hatred (related)
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self-doubt (related)
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loneliness (related)
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dejection (related)
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emptiness (related)
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wretchedness (related)
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self-disgust (related)
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unhappiness (related)
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Hopelessness Sentence Examples

  • I have often cried out loud in sheer misery at the hopelessness of life, my life.

  • Her eyes, always sad, now looked with particular hopelessness at her reflection in the glass.

  • His attitude is one not of bitterness but of calm hopelessness, with an occasional tinge of disgust or contempt.

  • When he was informed that among others awaiting him in his reception room there was a Frenchman who had brought a letter from his wife, the Countess Helene, he felt suddenly overcome by that sense of confusion and hopelessness to which he was apt to succumb.

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