Meaning of hopelessness | Babel Free

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1. A lack of hope; despair.
   countable, uncountable
2. A lack of hope; despair
3. Utter lack of hope:despair, desperateness, desperation, despond, despondence, despondency.
4. to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen. He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'. hoop يَأْمَل надявам се esperar doufat hoffen håbe ελπίζωesperar lootma اميدوار بودن toivoa espérer לְקַווֹת आशा करना nadati se remél mengharapkan vona sperare 望む 희망하다 ...
5. hoopvolheid إمتلاء بالأمَل оптимизъм esperança nadějnost die Hoffnungsfreudigkeit glæde; forventning αισιοδοξίαesperanza lootus اميدواری toiveikkuus confiance מְלוֹא הַתִקווָה आशापूर्णता nadanje, ocekivanje reményteljesség keyakinan tiltrú fiducia 有望 희망에 참 optimizmas, viltys cerības keadaan yang ada harapan hoop det som er fullt av håp nadzieja هیله مندی esperança optimism надежда nádejnosť zaupanje ispunjenost nadom hoppfullhet ความหวัง umutluluk, umut, bekleme 充滿(有)希望 надії, сподівання رجائ...
6. hopeloos بصورَة يائِسَه безнадеждно irremediavelmente beznadějně hoffnungslos håbløst απελπισμένα, μάταιαirremediablemente; perdidamente; sin esperanzas lootusetult از روي نا اميدی toivottoman sans espoir בְייאוּש निराशा से beznadno reménytelenül sia-sia vonleysislega, vonlaust senza speranza 絶望的に 절망적으로 beviltiškai bezcerīgi dengan rasa putus asa hopelooshåpløst beznadziejnie د نا هیلی له مخی irremediavelmente fără speranţă безнадёжно beznádejne brezupno beznadežno hopplöst อย่างหมดหวัง umuts...
7. hopeloosheid يأس، فَقْدان الأمَل безнадеждност desespero beznadějnost die Hoffnungslosigkeit håbløshed απελπισίαdesespero lootusetus نا اميدی toivottomuus désespoir חוֹסֶר תִקווָה निराशा beznadnost, ocaj reménytelenség kesia-siaan vonleysi disperazione 見込みのないこと 절망적임 beviltiškumas bezcerīgums; bezcerība rasa putus asa hopeloosheid håpløshet stan beznadziejny نا هیلی desespero disperare безнадёжность beznádejnosť brezupnost beznadežnost hopplöshet ความหมดหวัง umutsuzluk 無望 безнадійність نا امید...
8. to continue hoping when there is no (longer any) reason for hope. teen jou beterwete in hoop يأمَل في أمرٍ لا أمَل فيه продължавам да се надявам esperar em vão doufat všemu navzdory hoffen, wo nichts mehr zu hoffen ist klamre sig til håbet εξακολουθώ να ελπίζω έστω και μάταια esperar en vano kõigest hoolimata lootma اميد بي دليل و بي جهت toivoa turhaan espérer en dépit de tout לְקַווֹת כְּשֶאַפסָה כּל תִקווָה उम्मीद लगभग खत्म होना još se nadati unatoc bezizglednosti položaja reménytelen helyz...
9. to hope that something will succeed, that nothing bad will happen etc. op die beste hoop يأمَل في الأفْضَل надявам се да успея esperar pelo melhor doufat v dobré das Beste hoffen håbe på det bedste ευελπιστώ esperar lo mejor parimat lootma امیدوار بودن به خوشایندترین رویدادها toivoa parasta avoir bon espoir לְקַווֹת לְטוֹב अच्छी उम्मीद करना nadati se najboljemu reméljük a legjobbakat harapan baik vona hið besta sperare per il meglio 望みを捨てない 낙관하다 tikėtis, kad viskas bus gerai cerēt uz labāko b...
   etc
10. (to be) completely unlikely (to succeed in something). He hasn't a hope of getting the job; `Will he get the job?' `Not a hope!' nie die minste kans nie لا أمَلَ ، غير مُحْتَمَل няма надежда não ter chance (být) bez naděje keine Hoffnung (haben) ikke en chance δεν έχω καμιά ελπίδα no tener ni la más remota posibilidad pole mingit lootust کاملاً ناامید täysin epätodennäköinen aucune chance אֵין סִיכּוּי उम्मीद खत्म होना nemati šanse (izgleda) za uspjeh semmi reménye sincs tidak mungkin ekki mi...
11. to cause someone to hope, usually when there is no good reason to. verwagtings wek يَرْفَعُ من آمال засилвам вярата на dar esperanças vzbudit naději Hoffnung wecken stille nogen noget i forventning δίνω ελπίδες σε κπ. dar esperanzas a alguien lootust andma به کسی امیدواری دلخوش کنک دادن herättää toivo susciter l'espoir chez לְהַעֲלוֹת אֶת תִּקווָתוֹ שֶׁל- उम्मीद बढ़ना probuditi (nekome) nadu (cesto uzalud) reményt ébreszt membangkitkan harapan vekja upp vonir e-s suscitare le speranze di qual...
    usually
12. estado de desesperanza; desesperación.

Equivalents

Examples

“Depression can induce an overwhelming sense of sadness and hopelessness.”

“The survey found increasing mental health challenges, experiences of violence, and suicidal thoughts and behavior among all teens. More than 40% of high school students said that feelings of sadness or hopelessness prevented them from engaging in their regular activities for at least two weeks of the year.”

“On the app I’d ultimately go with, I presented myself truthfully, as a Republican-curious woman tired of the Democrats’ hopelessness and constant pivoting during a highly charged election year.”

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