hopelessness

English

Etymology

From hopeless +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

hopelessness (countable and uncountable, plural hopelessnesses)

1. A lack of hope; despair.

   Synonyms: desperation, despondency; see also Thesaurus:hopelessness

   • 2022 August 23, Dani Blum, “How Can I Tell if I’m Depressed or Burned Out?”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     Depression can induce an overwhelming sense of sadness and hopelessness.

Derived terms

• Beck Hopelessness Scale

Translations

the lack of hope; despair

• Armenian: հուսահատություն (hy) (husahatutʻyun), վհատություն (hy) (vhatutʻyun), հուսալքություն (hy) (husalkʻutʻyun)
• Azerbaijani: ümidsizlik
• Belarusian: безнадзе́йнасць f (bjeznadzjéjnascʹ), безнадзе́йнасьць f (bjeznadzjéjnasʹcʹ)
• Bulgarian: безнаде́ждност (bg) f (beznadéždnost)
• Cebuano: pagkawalay-paglaom
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 絕望 / 绝望 (zyut⁶ mong⁶)

  Mandarin: 絕望 / 绝望 (zh) (juéwàng)

• Czech: beznaděj f, beznadějnost f
• Danish: håbløshed c
• Dutch: hopeloosheid (nl) f
• Finnish: toivottomuus (fi)
• French: désespérance (fr) f
• Georgian: უიმედობა (uimedoba), უსასოობა (usasooba), სასოწარკვეთილება (sasoc̣arḳvetileba)
• German: Hoffnungslosigkeit (de) f
• Greek: απελπισία (el) f (apelpisía)
• Hindi: निराशा (hi) f (nirāśā)
• Hungarian: reménytelenség (hu)
• Indonesian: keputusasan
• Italian: disperazione (it) f
• Japanese: 絶望 (ja) (ぜつぼう, zetsubō)
• Kazakh: үмітсіздік (ümıtsızdık)
• Korean: 절망(絶望) (ko) (jeolmang)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: نائومێدی (na'umêdî)

  Northern Kurdish: bêhêvîtî (ku) f

• Kyrgyz: үмүтсүздүк (ky) (ümütsüzdük)
• Latin: desperatio f
• Latvian: bezcerība f
• Lithuanian: beviltiškumas m
• Macedonian: безнадежност f (beznadežnost)
• Maori: takaruretanga, kiriwera, rāwakiwaki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: håpløshet m or f

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: نُوْمیدی (fa) (nowmidi), نااُمیدی (fa) (nâomidi), نااُمّیدی (fa) (nâommidi)

• Polish: beznadzieja (pl) f, beznadziejność (pl) f
• Portuguese: desesperança (pt) f
• Romanian: deznădejde (ro) f, disperare (ro) f, (obsolete) disperație f
• Russian: безнадёжность (ru) f (beznadjóžnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: бѐзна̄ђе n

  Roman: bèznāđe (sh) n

• Slovak: beznádej f, beznádejnosť f
• Slovene: brezupnost f
• Spanish: desesperanza (es) f
• Swedish: hopplöshet (sv) c
• Tagalog: kawalang-pag-asa
• Tajik: ноумедӣ (noumedi)
• Tatar: өметсезлек (tt) (ömetsezlek)
• Turkish: umutsuzluk (tr)
• Turkmen: umytsyzlyk
• Ukrainian: безнаді́йність (uk) f (beznadíjnistʹ)
• Urdu: نا اُمِّیدی f (nā ummīdī), مایُوسی f (māyūsī)
• Uyghur: ئۈمىدسىزلىك (ümidsizlik)
• Uzbek: umidsizlik (uz)
• Vietnamese: sự tuyệt vọng (vi)