hopelessness.

A feeling or condition in which there seems to be no possibility of improvement or success.

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Words that belong together

• a sense of hopelessness
• overwhelming hopelessness

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The hopelessness of the wait settled over the small group.

Usage notes

Primary category: psychology / human behavior. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Commonness: moderately common.