IMPUISSANCE Synonyms: 65 Similar and Opposite Words

impuissance

noun

Definition of impuissance

as in impotence

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Recent Examples of impuissance But all of that will be moot if Washington’s rushing attack is not significantly improved from the impuissance of last season. — Ben Baskin, SI.com, 14 June 2018

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Noun

That approach lowers the risk of post-surgical impotence and improves the odds of regaining function within two years after surgery.

— Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 10 Aug. 2026
The procedure preserves some or all of the surrounding nerve structures that control erectile function, which reduces the risk of post-surgical impotence and increases the chances of regaining erectile function within two years after surgery.

— Hanna Wickes, Kansas City Star, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of impotence

Noun

Picture the anger and helplessness of watching that person bleed out through a video on your phone.

— Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 13 Aug. 2026
At this moment, complete inertia, helplessness, or escape seemed to be the only ways to react, but Zionism offered a strategy for coping with the changing circumstances, a strategy that had begun with Theodor Herzl.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of helplessness

Noun

Unable to leave without military permission, Ridi confronts settlers who claim his yard as theirs, underscoring Palestinians’ powerlessness as violent outposts expand with scant police accountability.

— Sam Metz, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2026
The fast pace of technological change has intensified this feeling of powerlessness.

— Belonging Forum, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of powerlessness

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Spouses, in turn, asked what was being done to address issues of mental health and exhaustion, MS NOW reported.

— Christopher Buchanan, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
In addition to the end of the capital expenditure boom that built these excess factories, the exhaustion of markets would create the conditions for a crisis.

— Michael B. G. Froman, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of exhaustion

Noun

Rangers starter Jacob deGrom, who has been battling a left hip and glute injury since the All-Star break, was pulled after two innings because of right triceps fatigue.

— ABC News, ABC News, 14 Aug. 2026
Investigators also found signs of metal fatigue at the base of the fan blade that broke off, despite recent inspections of the fan blades.

— Kris Van Cleave, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of fatigue

Noun

Stranger by the Lake is a bookend of sorts to La Piscine, as both films seem to condemn their characters, and by extension, the counterculture surrounding them, to a lassitude incapable of any moral authority.

— Erik Morse, Vogue, 26 June 2025
The result of this lassitude is that cars still rule the streets.

— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 18 Apr. 2025

Definition of lassitude

Noun

Nowhere is the weariness of the consumer more visible, or more misleading, than in the mood itself.

— Nigel Morris, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
There’s a desperation in his voice, a weariness that evokes bad nights’ sleep and endless doomscrolling, but there’s also a delicacy to his performance, a gentleness that has precedent in his catalog but still feels new.

— Stephen M. Deusner, Pitchfork, 17 July 2026

Definition of weariness

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