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hopelessness: the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success

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desperation collapse: desperate recklessness; "it was a policy of desperation"

low spirits collapse: a state of mild depression

death wish collapse

despondency collapse: feeling downcast and disheartened and hopeless

oxymoron collapse: conjoining contradictory terms (as in `deafening silence')

inappetence collapse

paradox collapse: (logic) a statement that contradicts itself; "`I always lie' is a paradox because if it is true it must be false"

pessimism collapse: a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things; the feeling that things will turn out badly

sopor collapse

self-contradiction collapse: contradicting yourself

nonchalance collapse: the trait of remaining calm and seeming not to care; a casual lack of concern

numbness collapse: partial or total lack of sensation in a part of the body; a symptom of nerve damage or dysfunction

unconcern collapse: a feeling of lack of concern

blahs collapse: a general feeling of boredom and dissatisfaction

insouciance collapse

hebetude collapse: mental lethargy or dullness

phlegm collapse: expectorated matter; saliva mixed with discharges from the respiratory passages; in ancient and medieval physiology it was believed to cause sluggishness

sadness collapse: emotions experienced when not in a state of well-being; the state of being sad; "she tired of his perpetual sadness"

futility collapse: uselessness as a consequence of having no practical result

acedia collapse

lowness collapse: a low or small degree of any quality (amount or force or temperature etc.); "he took advantage of the lowness of interest rates"; the condition of being low; lacking height; "he was suddenly aware of the lowness of the ceiling"

ataraxy collapse

despair collapse: the feeling that everything is wrong and nothing will turn out well; a state in which everything seems wrong and will turn out badly; "they were rescued from despair at the last minute"; abandon hope; give up hope; lose heart; "Don't despair--help is on the way!"

listlessness collapse: inactivity resulting from lethargy and lack of vigor or energy

disinterest collapse: tolerance attributable to a lack of involvement

torpor collapse: a state of motor and mental inactivity with a partial suspension of sensibility; "he fell into a deep torpor"

dejection collapse: a state of melancholy depression

resignation collapse: a formal document giving notice of your intention to resign; "he submitted his resignation as of next month"; the act of giving up (a claim or office or possession etc.); acceptance of despair

oppression collapse: the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"; a feeling of being oppressed; the state of being kept down by unjust use of force or authority: "after years of oppression they finally revolted"

stupor collapse

absurdity collapse: a ludicrous folly; "the crowd laughed at the absurdity of the clown's behavior"; a message whose content is at variance with reason

apathy collapse: the trait of lacking enthusiasm for or interest in things generally; an absence of emotion or enthusiasm

passivity collapse: the trait of remaining inactive; a lack of initiative; submission to others or to outside influences

dispassion collapse: objectivity and detachment; "her manner assumed a dispassion and dryness very unlike her usual tone"

lethargy collapse: a state of comatose torpor (as found in sleeping sickness)

blah collapse

sloth collapse: apathy and inactivity in the practice of virtue (personified as one of the deadly sins); any of several slow-moving arboreal mammals of South America and Central America; they hang from branches back downward and feed on leaves and fruits; a disinclination to work or exert yourself

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