impuissance

Examples

• All

• Overwhelmed by a sense of impuissance, she was unable to change the situation.

• She felt a deep sense of impuissance after losing the election.

• His speech conveyed deep frustration and impuissance in the face of political obstacles.

• His impuissance to change the situation frustrated him greatly.

• Overwhelmed by a sense of impuissance, she was unable to change the situation.

• His speech conveyed deep frustration and impuissance in the face of political obstacles.

• The team's repeated failures led to a period of collective impuissance and discouragement.

Synonyms

I

inability

vsimpuissance

177 2.8

Not able to do something you need to do

focuses on lacking power to act and on a helpless feeling

W

weakness

vsimpuissance

133 1.4

Lack of physical or mental strength that makes someone less able to act

describes lack of power to act and agency, not merely low strength

H

helplessness

vsimpuissance

25 3.8

A feeling of being unable to help yourself or change a situation

refers more to lacking power to act beyond just personal helpless feeling

I

impotence

vsimpuissance

10 7.4

A lack of power to make things happen

emphasizes lack of ability to act rather than mere loss of strength

P

powerlessness

vsimpuissance

9 5.8

A feeling of being unable to control or change what happens

focuses more on lack of ability to act generally rather than only influence

I

incapacity

vsimpuissance

9 5.4

Not able to do things because your body or mind does not work well

focuses on lack of power to act rather than cause being physical or mental

I

incapability

vsimpuissance

1 6.0

Not being able to do something because you lack the ability

speaks more about present lack of power to act, not about missing future potential

I

impotency

vsimpuissance

1 7.9

Lack of power to change things

focuses on lacking power to act in situations rather than general low strength

I

inertness

vsimpuissance

1 7.5

A state of not moving or not reacting to change

refers to general lack of power to act, not only physical immobility

F

feebleness

vsimpuissance

1 5.2

A lack of strength in an argument or evidence

focuses on lack of power to act or influence rather than weak intensity alone

I

incapableness

vsimpuissance

7.4

A lack of ability to do something

refers more to lacking power to act than to a named quality or label

N

nonpower

vsimpuissance

8.9

A situation where a person or group has little influence

is about lacking ability to act, not only lacking formal authority or influence

V

voicelessness

vsimpuissance

8.5

A situation where people cannot take part in decisions that affect them

is broader, covering general lack of power to act not only lack of participation

Antonyms

P

power

∞ 3.4

Ability to control people or events

C

capability

• Specialized

107 4.0

How well a material can stand up to a treatment or condition

How Powerful

power

∞ 3.4

strength

∞ 1.2

weakness

133 1.4

impuissance

• Literature

9.9

helplessness

25 3.8

powerlessness

9 5.8

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology