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hopelessness
[ hohp-lis-nis ]
noun
- the feeling or condition of having no hope; despair; desperation:
Among the worst demons of addiction is hopelessness.
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of hopelessness1
Example Sentences
With no way to legally enter the U.S., the mood among migrants still in Tijuana has shifted from cautious optimism to hopelessness.
Anyone who sees this devastating film may share in that sense of hopelessness.
In turn, these financial beliefs, behaviors and patterns can lead to feelings of pervasive hopelessness, Jack said.
"I know the pain, I know the loneliness and also the hopelessness you feel because the world let you suffer and did nothing about it," he said.
But this compromise regularly gives way to moments bursting at the seams with beauty and tender resonance as they explore contemporary hopelessness and the shared delusion survivors adopt to bury their guilt.
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