loss of hope
31despair — despairer, n. /di spair /, n. 1. loss of hope; hopelessness. 2. someone or something that causes hopelessness: He is the despair of his mother. v.i. 3. to lose, give up, or be without hope (often fol. by of): to despair of humanity. v.t. 4. Obs.… …
32despair — de•spair [[t]dɪˈspɛər[/t]] n. 1) loss of hope; hopelessness 2) a source of hopelessness: to be the despair of one s teachers[/ex] 3) to lose, give up, or be without hope: to despair of humanity[/ex] 4) Obs. to give up hope of • Etymology:… …
33Cultural Revolution — This article is about the People s Republic of China. For Iran s Islamic Cultural Revolution, see Iranian Cultural Revolution. Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution Cultural Revolution propaganda poster. It depicts Mao Zedong, above a group of… …
34hopeless — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Despairing] Syn. despondent, despairing, desperate, forlorn, disconsolate, depressed, dejected, melancholy, pessimistic, cynical; see also sad 1 . 2. [Discouraging] Syn. futile, unfortunate, threatening, bad, sinister,… …
35hopeless — hopelessly, adv. hopelessness, n. /hohp lis/, adj. 1. providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer. 2. without hope; despairing: hopeless grief. 3. impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc.: Balancing my… …
36de|spair´er — de|spair «dih SPAIR», noun, verb. –n. 1. the loss of hope; state of being without hope; a dreadful feeling that nothing good can happen: »Despair seized us as we felt the boat sinking under us. SYNONYM(S): hopelessness. 2. a person or thing that… …
37de|spair — «dih SPAIR», noun, verb. –n. 1. the loss of hope; state of being without hope; a dreadful feeling that nothing good can happen: »Despair seized us as we felt the boat sinking under us. SYNONYM(S): hopelessness. 2. a person or thing that causes… …
38despondent — adj Despondent, despairing, desperate, hopeless, forlorn mean having lost all or practically all hope. The same distinctions in implications and connotations are to be found in their corresponding nouns despondency, despair, desperation,… …
39Happy Birthday of Death, The — by Gregory Corso (1960) In The Happy Birthday of Death, gregory corso deploys passion, humor, and the resources of his fertile, quirky imagination against all the various agencies that debase the human spirit and impair true life. In a series… …
40Hopelessness — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Absence, want or loss of hope. < N PARAG:Hopelessness >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 hopelessness hopelessness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 despair despair desperation Sgm: N 1 despondency despondency &c.(dejection) 837 Sgm: N 1… …