Hopeless
Also known as despondent
Unable to see any way things could get better, with the future looking closed and further effort seeming pointless.
In the body
- Heavy, still limbs
- Gaze drifting downwards
- Little energy to move
Needs behind it
Softer and stronger
- Pessimistic
- Desperate
- Hopeless
- Despairing
Often confused with
Hopeless is the specific belief that nothing will get better; depressed is a wider, lasting low that drains energy and interest along with hope.
Hopeless is seeing no way things could improve; despairing is when that loss of hope floods everything with a heavy, all-consuming pain.
Desperate still grasps urgently for any way out; hopeless has stopped looking, because no way out seems to exist.
Pessimistic expects things to turn out poorly but still allows some chance; hopeless sees no way at all that things could get better.
Powerless is being unable to change what is happening; hopeless is not believing it will ever get better at all.