Dejection
Dejection noun - A state or spell of low spirits.
Usage example: I find that ice cream often works wonders when trying to overcome dejection
Hopelessness is a synonym for dejection in despair topic. In some cases you can use "Hopelessness" instead a noun "Dejection".
Hopelessness
Hopelessness noun - Utter loss of hope.
Usage example: the utter hopelessness of the people in the refugee camp
Dejection is a synonym for hopelessness in despair topic. You can use "Dejection" instead a noun "Hopelessness".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sadness and dejection
- sadness and hopelessness
- melancholy and dejection
- melancholy and hopelessness
- despondency and dejection
- despondency and hopelessness
- despair and dejection
- despair and hopelessness
- sorrow and dejection
- sorrow and hopelessness
- depression and dejection
- depression and hopelessness
- gloom and dejection
- gloom and hopelessness
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Hopelessness and Dejection. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 31, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dejection/hopelessness
Dejection & Hopelessness. N.p., 2016. Web. 31 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/dejection/hopelessness>.
Hopelessness or Dejection. 2016. Accessed July 31, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/dejection/hopelessness.
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