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Synonyms for helplessness
help·less·ness
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
helplessness
Synonyms:
awkwardness, dulness, feebleness, imbecility, impotence, inability, inaptitude, incapacity, incompetence, inefficiency, maladroitness, stupidity, unskilfulness, weaknessAntonyms:
ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, cleverness, cogency, competency, dexterity, efficacy, efficiency, energy, expertness, faculty, force, might, power, qualification, readiness, skill, strength, susceptibility, talent
Princeton's WordNet
helplessness, weakness, impuissancenoun
powerlessness revealed by an inability to act
"in spite of their weakness the group remains active"
Synonyms:
impuissance, weakness, failinghelplessnessnoun
the state of needing help from something
Synonyms:
impuissance, weaknesshelplessnessnoun
a feeling of being unable to manage
Synonyms:
impuissance, weakness
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List of paraphrases for "helplessness":
powerlessness, impotence, defencelessness, distress, inability, hopelessness, helpless, orphanhood
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#8215 | failing | |
#10957 | weakness | |
#11794 | inability | |
#12669 | distress | |
#19210 | impotence | |
#19578 | helpless | |
#20444 | stupidity | |
#29658 | incompetence | |
#31904 | incapacity | |
#38445 | inefficiency | |
#48812 | hopelessness | |
#49680 | helplessness | |
#73354 | powerlessness | |
#76733 | awkwardness | |
#173706 | imbecility | |
#181826 | feebleness | |
#269750 | dulness |
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The psychological responses to climate change such as conflict avoidance, fatalism, fear, helplessness and resignation are growing, these responses are keeping us, and our nation, from properly addressing the core causes of and solutions for our changing climate and from building and supporting psychological resiliency.
We, the Russian people, are against the war Putin has unleashed. We don’t support this war, it is being waged not on our behalf, i know that right now many of you feel desperation, helplessness, shame over Vladimir Putin’s attack on the friendly nation of Ukraine. But I urge you not to despair.
We can no longer allow solidarity to be equivalent to naivety, openness to be equivalent to helplessness, freedom to be equivalent to chaos. And by that, I am of course referring to the situation on our borders, citizens want to feel safe again, because only then will they be capable of helping people in need.
The most interesting in these portraits are eyes -- a very strange helplessness, prisoners created portraits because the desire to have an image was very strong.
There has been no air support, nothing. For three days we've been living with this helplessness.
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