hopelessness n : the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success [ant: hopefulness]

English

Noun

1. the lack of hope; despair

Translations

Despair or Hopelessness is the loss of hope. It can also refer to:

• Despair (novel), a 1936 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
• Despair, Inc., a company that makes satirical posters and souvenirs
• Despair (Sandman), a character in the Sandman series of comic books
• Giant Despair, a character in The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
• Despair (band), a technical thrash metal band
• Mount Despair, a mountain in the North Cascades National Park

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