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Hopeless
/ˈhəʊplɪs/
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
📖 Definitions of "Hopeless"
- 1
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
- 2
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
"a hopeless cause"
- 3
Without talent, not skilled
"He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well."
- 4
(of an adverse condition) Incurable.
"He is a hopeless idler."
🔄 Synonyms of "Hopeless"
21 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| forlornnoun | Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken. |
| grimnoun | Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. |
| despondent | In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. |
| bleaknoun | Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate. |
| abjectnoun | Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. |
| gloomynoun | Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. |
| blacknoun | (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. |
| dimnoun | Not bright or colorful. |
| desperatenoun | In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. |
| badnoun | Of low quality. |
| lost | In an unknown location; unable to be found. |
| impossiblenoun | Not possible; not able to be done or happen. |
| despairingnoun | Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. |
| insolublenoun | (physical chemistry) That cannot be dissolved. |
| resigned | Characterized by resignation or acceptance. |
| helpless | Lacking help; powerless. |
| unskilled | Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training. |
| heartsick | Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore. |
| incurablenoun | Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless. |
| unhopefulnoun | Not hopeful. |
| futureless | Without a future. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Hopeless"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| hopefulnoun | feeling hope |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Hopeless"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| despairingnoun | Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. |
| despondent | In low spirits from loss of hope or courage. |
| forlorn | Pitifully sad, wretched, miserable; lonely, especially from feeling abandoned, deserted, forsaken. |
| grim | Dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding. |
| bad | Of low quality. |
| desperate | In dire need (of something); having a dire need or desire. |
| heartsick | Very despondent or sorrowful; heartsore. |
| abject | Existing in or sunk to a low condition, position, or state; contemptible, despicable, miserable. |
| gloomy | Suffering from gloom; melancholy; dejected. |
| helpless | Lacking help; powerless. |
| bleak | Unhappy; cheerless; miserable; emotionally desolate. |
| lostverb | In an unknown location; unable to be found. |
| unskilled | Of a person or workforce: not having a skill or technical training. |
| unhopeful | Not hopeful. |
| incurable | Of an illness, condition, etc, that is unable to be cured; healless. |
| black | (of an object) Absorbing all light and reflecting none; dark and hueless. |
| impossible | Not possible; not able to be done or happen. |
| futureless | Without a future. |
| insoluble | (physical chemistry) That cannot be dissolved. |
| dim | Not bright or colorful. |
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