hopelessness

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These included anhedonia, feelings of hopelessness, and a sense of failure, in both women with and without HIV.

From Science Daily • May 4, 2026

"It just feels bizarre, and I find so many of us don't really know how to feel right now, besides rage and hopelessness," she said.

From Barron's • Feb. 2, 2026

"These are sentences which just bring people into hopelessness," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 27, 2026

A second one is a sense of hopelessness.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2026

And so it was that the overwhelming stench of despair and hopelessness and evil was not at all discernible to her, and she went happily down the twisting and turning stairs.

From "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo