helplessness

Noun

Meaning

powerlessness revealed by an inability to act

a feeling of being unable to manage

the state of needing help from something

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

impotence weakness impuissance failure exposure collapse failing inability dependence disability dependency exhaustion incompetence delicacy incapacity

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Antonyms

raj dominion lordship control power force

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Hypernyms

depression dependence dependency impotence impotency dependance

Phrases with the word

total helplessness

Examples

Never abandon prayer and God will not abandon you... By prayer we admin two things: our helplessness and God's omnipotence. Nikolaj Velimirovic

It is hardly possible to build anything if frustration, bitterness and a mood of helplessness prevail. Lech Wałęsa

Loss of hope rather than loss of life is what decides the issues of war. But helplessness induces hopelessness. B. H. Liddell Hart

There is, in world affairs, a steady course to be followed between an assertion of strength that is truculent and a confession of helplessness that is cowardly. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter. Arnold Schwarzenegger

A real friend is one who takes the hand of his friend in times of distress and helplessness. Afghan Proverb

Close letter words and terms

helpless victims helplessdesk helplessly helpline helpliness helply