hopelessness

/'houplisnis/

Thân thiện

A person sits alone, overwhelmed by a feeling of hopelessness.

Definition

Noun: 1. A state or feeling of complete despair, characterized by the absence of hope or expectation of improvement or success. It is the emotional condition of believing that a situation is so bad that nothing can be done to make it better.

Usage

• Hopelessness is an uncountable noun. It describes a profound emotional state.
• It is often used with verbs like feel, experience, sink into, overcome, and convey.
• It can be modified by adjectives indicating degree, such as deep, utter, total, or overwhelming.

Examples

• The constant failures filled him with a deep sense of hopelessness.
• She could not hide the hopelessness in her eyes.
• The economic crisis created widespread hopelessness among the population.
• After the diagnosis, a feeling of utter hopelessness overwhelmed the family.

Advanced Usage

• "A sense/feeling of hopelessness": A common collocation emphasizing the subjective experience.
  • The long, gray winter days often bring a sense of hopelessness.
• "To sink into hopelessness": To gradually become consumed by despair.
  • Without support, it's easy to sink into hopelessness.

Variants and Related Words

• Hopeless (adjective): Having or feeling no hope; causing despair.
  • a hopeless situation; a hopeless romantic
• Hopelessly (adverb): In a hopeless manner; to a hopeless degree.
  • He was hopelessly lost. She is hopelessly in love.

Synonyms

• Despair: The complete loss or absence of hope (often used interchangeably with hopelessness).
• Despondency: A state of low spirits caused by loss of hope or courage.
• Dejection: Sadness and depression of spirits.
• Resignation: Passive acceptance of a situation, often arising from hopelessness.

Antonyms

• Hope: The feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen.
• Optimism: Hopefulness and confidence about the future or the successful outcome of something.
• Hopefulness: The state of having hope.

Related Phrases and Concepts

• To give up hope: To stop hoping for something.
  • He refused to give up hope of finding his missing dog.
• A glimmer/ray of hope: A small sign of possible improvement in a hopeless situation.
  • The new treatment offered a glimmer of hope.

Học thuật

Noun

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