helplessness

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• helplessness — index danger, disability (physical inability), impotence, impuissance, inability, incapacity, inefficacy, languor …   Law dictionary

• helplessness — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ complete, utter ▪ learned (esp. AmE) PHRASES ▪ a feeling of helplessness, a sense of helplessness ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• helplessness — helpless ► ADJECTIVE 1) unable to defend oneself or to act without help. 2) uncontrollable. DERIVATIVES helplessly adverb helplessness noun …   English terms dictionary

• Helplessness — Helpless Help less, a. 1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend one s self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless infant. [1913 Webster] How shall I then your helpless fame defend? Pope. [1913 Webster] 2. Beyond help;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• helplessness — noun see helpless …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• helplessness — See helplessly. * * * …   Universalium

• helplessness — noun a) The state of being helpless. b) A feeling of inadequacy or impotence. Syn: impotence …   Wiktionary

• helplessness — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Disability] Syn. poor health, disorder, convalescence; see illness 1 , weakness 1 , 2 . 2. [Incompetence] Syn. incapacity, weakness, failure; see inability . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun The condition or state of being… …   English dictionary for students

• helplessness — help·less·ness || helplɪsnɪs n. weakness, inability to help oneself, powerlessness, defenselessness …   English contemporary dictionary

• helplessness — help·less·ness …   English syllables

• helplessness — See: helpless …   English dictionary