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Definition of Hopelessness
1. Noun. The despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success.
Definition of Hopelessness
1. Noun. the lack of hope; despair ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hopelessness
1. [n -ES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hopelessness
Literary usage of Hopelessness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sea Power in Its Relations to the War of 1812 by Alfred Thayer Mahan (1905)
"After his demonstration of October 15, which amounted to little more than a
reconnaisance in force, he lapsed into hopelessness. ..."
2. British Synonymy: Or, An Attempt at Regulating the Choice of Words in by Hester Lynch Piozzi (1794)
"... hopelessness, DESPAIR, FORM a fort of heart-rending climax rather than a
parallel—a climax too ... is the country whence hopelessness is more completely ..."
3. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"particularly characterized by a Satanic spirit of pride and audacious impiety
which still betrays the wretched feelings of hopelessness wherewith it is ..."
4. John L. Stoddard's Lectures: Supplementary Volume[s]. by John Lawson Stoddard (1901)
"... hands produces a forced idleness which is the cause of hopelessness,
discouragement, and intemperance. There is surely room enough in Great Britain, ..."
5. Diary of Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy Under Lincoln and Johnson by Gideon Welles (1911)
"... the Presidency — hopelessness of President Johnson's Desire for the Nomination —
Admiral Porter and the Controversy between the Line and Staff Officers ..."
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