hopeless
[ hohp-lis ]
/ ˈhoʊp lɪs /
adjective
providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
without hope; despairing: hopeless grief.
impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc.: Balancing my budget is hopeless.
not able to learn or act, perform, or work as desired; inadequate for the purpose: As a bridge player, you're hopeless.
SYNONYMS FOR hopeless
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2.
Hopeless,
despairing,
despondent,
desperate all describe an absence of hope.
Hopeless is used of a feeling of futility and passive abandonment of oneself to fate:
Hopeless and grim, he still clung to the cliff.
Despairing refers to the loss of hope in regard to a particular situation, whether important or trivial; it suggests an intellectual judgment concerning probabilities:
despairing of victory; despairing of finding his gloves.
Despondent always suggests melancholy and depression; it refers to an emotional state rather than to an intellectual judgment:
Despondent over ill health, he killed himself. She became despondent and suspicious.
Desperate conveys a suggestion of recklessness resulting from loss of hope:
As the time grew shorter, he became desperate. It may also refer to something arising from extreme need or danger:
a desperate remedy; a desperate situation. See also
despair.
OTHER WORDS FROM hopeless
hope·less·ly, adverb hope·less·ness, nounWords nearby hopeless
hope, bob,
hopeful,
hopeful monster,
hopefully,
hopeh,
hopeless,
hopewell,
hophead,
hopi,
hopkins,
hopkinsianism
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British Dictionary definitions for hopeless
hopeless
/ (ˈhəʊplɪs) /
adjective
having or offering no hope
impossible to analyse or solve
unable to learn, function, etc
informal
without skill or ability