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hopelessness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of hopelessness

utter loss of hope

the fans' hopelessness was dispelled as their team mounted a comeback

Synonyms of hopelessness

despair, desperation, despond, despondence, despondency, forlornness

Words Related to hopelessness

blue devils, blues, dejection, depression, desolation, disconsolateness, dispiritedness, doldrums, dolor, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, gloom, gloominess, joylessness, melancholy, mopes, oppression, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness

self-despair, self-pity

dolefulness, mournfulness, sorrowfulness, woefulness

agony, distress, pain

misery, woe, wretchedness

cynicism, pessimism

acceptance, resignation

Phrases Synonymous with hopelessness

slough of despond

Near Antonyms of hopelessness

cheer, cheerfulness, sunniness

gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jollity, joviality, lightheartedness, merriment, mirth, mirthfulness

bliss, blissfulness, ecstasy, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, exuberance, exultation, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, jubilation, rapture, rapturousness

Antonyms of hopelessness

hope, hopefulness

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