unhope
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English unhope, equivalent to un- + hope.
Noun
[edit]unhope (uncountable)
- Absence or lack of hope; hopelessness; despair.
- Synonyms: despondency, wanhope; see also Thesaurus:hopelessness
- 1902, Thomas Hardy, In Tenebris I:
- Black is night's cope;
But death will not appal
One who, past doubtings all
Waits in unhope.