abandon hope
Surrender all optimism
Abandon hope means to give up any expectation of a good outcome—to accept that a situation is beyond rescue.
The phrase echoes Dante's inscription at the gates of Hell: "Abandon hope, all ye who enter here." It appears in dramatic warnings Abandon hope of finishing on time and self-deprecating humor about dreaded situations: Abandon hope, all ye who enter this meeting.
- despairTotal absence of hope
- surrenderCease resistance, yield
- throw in the towelConcede defeat voluntarily
- give upStop attempting something
- quitCease doing something
give up the ghost · defeat · resignation · forsake · lost cause · point of no return · dead end · darkness · dark night · abyss · futility · bitter end · final straw · bleak · desolate · broken · crushed · succumb
- DanteDivine Comedy, Inferno, Dante, Paradiso, Beatrice
- doomdoomsday, impending doom, doom and gloom, doomed, sense of doom
abandon hopehope
Desire for good outcomes
keep hope alive · keep the faith · have faith · believe · trust in God
abandon hopenever give up
Maintain effort indefinitely
persevere · keep fighting · persist · soldier on · carry on
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