Hopelessness vs. Despair — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hopelessness and Despair
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Hopelessness
Having no hope; despairing
Lost hikers who felt hopeless.
Despair
To lose all hope
Despaired of reaching shore safely.
Hopelessness
Characterized by despair
Hopeless resignation.
Despair
To be overcome by a sense of futility or defeat.
Hopelessness
Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with; impossible
A hopeless problem.
A hopeless disease.
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Despair
Complete loss of hope.
Hopelessness
Having no hope or chance of changing or improving
A hopeless romantic.
A hopeless procrastinator.
Despair
One despaired of or causing despair
Unmotivated students that are the despair of their teachers.
Hopelessness
The lack of hope; despair
Despair
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
Hopelessness
The despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success
Despair
(transitive) To cause to despair.
Despair
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation.
Despair
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
He turned around in despair, aware that he was not going to survive
Despair
That which causes despair.
Despair
That which is despaired of. en
Despair
To be hopeless; to have no hope; to give up all hope or expectation; - often with of.
We despaired even of life.
Never despair of God's blessings here.
Despair
To give up as beyond hope or expectation; to despair of.
I would not despair the greatest design that could be attempted.
Despair
To cause to despair.
Despair
Loss of hope; utter hopelessness; complete despondency.
We in dark dreams are tossing to and fro,Pine with regret, or sicken with despair.
Before he [Bunyan] was ten, his sports were interrupted by fits of remorse and despair.
Despair
That which is despaired of.
Despair
A state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly;
They were rescued from despair at the last minute
Despair
The feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well
Despair
Abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart;
Don't despair--help is on the way!
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