helplessness
noun
- negative or depressing feeling of not being able to find a solution to a personal problem
Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /ˈhɛlplɪsnɪs/
noun
Etymology: From helpless + -ness.
- The state of being helpless.
“Near-synonyms: powerlessness, impotence”
“From the most ancient times to the present, in the crudest primitive tribe or the most magnificently ornamented civilization, man has found himself in a state of awed helplessness when confronted by the phenomena of strange illnesses or aberrations.”
- A feeling of inadequacy or impotence.
“Captain Edward Carlisle, soldier as he was, martinet as he was, felt a curious sensation of helplessness seize upon him as he met her steady gaze, her alluring smile ; he could not tell what this prisoner might do.”