What does wanhope mean?
Wanhope means (UK dialectal or archaic) Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair..
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/ˈwɒnhəʊp/ · noun
(UK dialectal or archaic) Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair..
Wanhope: a fine English word, suggesting unhope of Langland's story of the cats and the mice, and described in Ipotis,[…]
If[…]such good old English words as inwit and wanhope should be rehabilitated (and they have been pushing up their heads for thirty years), we should gain a great deal. (Collected essays, 1928, III.68)
Both despair and wanhope are generally defined as a complete loss or lack of hope and being overcome by sense of futility or defeat.
Use wanhope when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Wanhope means (UK dialectal or archaic) Lack of hope; hopelessness; despair..
Common synonyms include despond, unhope, despair, desperation.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Wanhope: a fine English word, suggesting unhope of Langland's story of the cats and the mice, and described in Ipotis,[…]
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