hopelessness C2+ Topic:Emotions & Feelings US /ˈhoʊpləsnəs/ UK /ˈhəʊpləsnəs/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun the feeling or state of having no hope; despair A grim hopelessness settled over the besieged town. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the feeling or state of... despairdespondencydesperationdejectiongloompessimism ↔ Opposites hopeoptimismhopefulnessconfidence Word family Related forms hopelesshopehopefully Etymology AI details From hopeless + -ness; hope descends from Old English hopa ('expectation, hope'), from Proto-Germanic *hupōną. hopa Old English *hupōną Proto-Germanic View etymology graph -> Topics Emotions & Feelings Word Formation & Derivatives External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hopelessness **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈhoʊpləsnəs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhəʊpləsnəs/ ## Meanings 1. the feeling or state of having no hope; despair ## Examples - A grim hopelessness settled over the besieged town. ## Synonyms - despair - despondency - desperation - dejection - gloom - pessimism ## Antonyms - hope - optimism - hopefulness - confidence ## Related Forms - hopeless - hope - hopefully ## Roots and Affixes - Root: hopa - Root: *hupōną ## Etymology From hopeless + -ness; hope descends from Old English hopa ('expectation, hope'), from Proto-Germanic *hupōną. ## AI Etymology Hopelessness comes from hopeless + -ness; hope descends from Old English hopa ('expectation, hope'), from Proto-Germanic *hupōną. The etymological trail includes Old English hopa and Proto-Germanic *hupōną. As a noun, hopelessness names the feeling or state of having no hope; despair. The same family is visible in related forms such as hopeless, hope, and hopefully. The analysis is partly morphological, with the modern form built from the elements named in the history. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown