Hopelessness

Synonyms for "hopelessness" (99 found)

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Related words (49)

Noun(2 words)
unhopewanhope

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Translations

67 translations across 51 languages.

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Armenian

3 entries
  • հուսալքություն noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • հուսահատություն noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • վհատություն noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • ümidsizlik noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • безнадзе́йнасць noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • безнадзе́йнасьць noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • безнаде́ждност noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • pagkawalay-paglaom noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • نائومێدی noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 絕望 /绝望 noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 絕望 /绝望 noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Czech

2 entries
  • beznaděj noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • beznadějnost noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Danish

1 entries
  • håbløshed noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Dutch

1 entries
  • hopeloosheid noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Finnish

1 entries
  • toivottomuus noun (the lack of hope; despair)

French

1 entries
  • désespérance noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Georgian

3 entries
  • სასოწარკვეთილება noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • უიმედობა noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • უსასოობა noun (the lack of hope; despair)

German

1 entries
  • Hoffnungslosigkeit noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Greek

1 entries
  • απελπισία noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Hindi

1 entries
  • निराशा noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • reménytelenség noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • keputusasan noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • نااُمّیدی noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • نااُمیدی noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • نُوْمیدی noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Italian

1 entries
  • disperazione noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Japanese

1 entries
  • 絶望 noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • үмітсіздік noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Korean

1 entries
  • 절망 noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • үмүтсүздүк noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Latin

1 entries
  • desperatio noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Latvian

1 entries
  • bezcerība noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • beviltiškumas noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • безнадежност noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Māori

3 entries
  • kiriwera noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • rāwakiwaki noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • takaruretanga noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • bêhêvîtî noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • håpløshet noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Polish

2 entries
  • beznadzieja noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • beznadziejność noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • desesperança noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Romanian

3 entries
  • deznădejde noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • disperare noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • disperație noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Russian

1 entries
  • безнадёжность noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • bèznāđe noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • бѐзна̄ђе noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Slovak

2 entries
  • beznádej noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • beznádejnosť noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Slovene

1 entries
  • brezupnost noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Spanish

1 entries
  • desesperanza noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Swedish

1 entries
  • hopplöshet noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • kawalang-pag-asa noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ноумедӣ noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Tatar

1 entries
  • өметсезлек noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Turkish

1 entries
  • umutsuzluk noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • umytsyzlyk noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • безнаді́йність noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Urdu

2 entries
  • مایُوسی noun (the lack of hope; despair)
  • نا اُمِّیدی noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئۈمىدسىزلىك noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • umidsizlik noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • sự tuyệt vọng noun (the lack of hope; despair)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

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Mennad spoke about his depression and hopelessness.

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What hopelessness!

Source: tatoeba (9130289)

Nothing is more nefarious than hopelessness.

Source: tatoeba (10018500)

He says trauma causes feelings of powerlessness and, as the conflict drags on, hopelessness which poses one of the biggest obstacles to recovery.

Source: tatoeba (10812966)

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