'Hopelessness' definitions:

Definition of 'hopelessness'

(from WordNet)
noun
The despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success [ant: hopefulness]

Definition of 'Hopelessness'

From: GCIDE
  • Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
  • 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster]
  • I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause. [1913 Webster]
  • The hopelessword of "never to return" Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. -- {Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hopelessness'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Hopelessness'