Hopelessness (Noun)
Meaning
The despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success.
Classification
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions.
Examples
- The war had dragged on for years, and many people were gripped by hopelessness, unable to see an end to the violence.
- Her years of struggling with debt had finally taken their toll, and she was consumed by hopelessness.
- As he stared at the stack of unpaid bills, he couldn't shake off the feeling of hopelessness that had been following him for months.
- The desolate landscape of the barren wasteland filled her with hopelessness as she realized how far they were from rescue.
- His illness had left him wheelchair-bound, and he felt overcome by hopelessness, unsure of what the future held for him.