hopeless
adjective /ˈhəʊp.ləs/
/ˈhoʊp-/ Definition
B1 without hope: a hopeless situation They searched for survivors but it was hopeless. She was depressed and felt totally hopeless about the future.Not hopefulUseless and futile B2 completely without skill at a particular activity: I'm hopeless at sports. He's a hopeless cook.Inability and awkwardness hopelessness /-nəs/ noun [U] › I find the hopelessness of the situation very depressing.Sadness and regret
(Definition of hopeless adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in a funk idiom
- be on a hiding to nothing idiom
- bleak adjective
- defeatist adjective
- dejected adjective
- despair verb
- dim adjective (NOT POSITIVE)
- downcast adjective (UNHAPPY)
- downhearted adjective
- forlorn adjective (UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED)
- gloom noun (WITHOUT HOPE)
- gloomy adjective (WITHOUT HOPE)
- glum adjective
- grim adjective (WITHOUT HOPE)
- hopelessly adverb
- not give much for sb's chances idiom
- not have a hope in hell idiom
- pessimism noun
- pessimistic adjective
- prophet of doom idiom
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