Hopelessness

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lack of hope; despair. countable, uncountable

    "Depression can induce an overwhelming sense of sadness and hopelessness."

  2. 2
    the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success wordnet

Etymology

From hopeless + -ness.

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