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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being hopeless; discouragement; despair.

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  • noun the lack of hope; despair

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

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hopeless +‎ -ness

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