hopelessnessn.
/ˈhəʊplɪsnɪs/ Hopeless condition; want of hope, despair; state of being despaired of, desperateness.
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the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > desperate state or condition > [noun]
desperationc1366
desperateness1667
hopelessness1808
lornness1866
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > [noun]
forlornnessc825
unhope?c1225
wanhope1297
speir13..
wantrokingc1350
mishopea1400
desperacy1629
Slough of Despond1776
hopelessness1853
unhopefulness1868
1808 H. More Cœlebs in Search of Wife II. xxvii. 64 That discouraging superiority, which others might be deterred from imitating, through hopelessness to reach.
1853 J. H. Newman Hist. Sketches (1873) II. i. i. 13 A message which well illustrates the hopelessness of going to war with them.
1880 ‘Ouida’ Moths Il. 287 The old heavy burden of hopelessness and apathy had fallen on her again.
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