| ADJECTIVE | all | hopeless | without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success |
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| all | hopeless | of a person unable to do something skillfully | |
| all | hopeless | certain to fail | |
| all | hopeless | (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform |
| Sounds | hhow'plahs | |
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| Rhymes | abacus ... zealous: 1164 rhymes with ahs... | |
| Meaning | Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success. | |
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| Narrower | abject, unhopeful | showing utter resignation or hopelessness |
| black, bleak, dim | offering little or no hope | |
| despairing, desperate | Arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope | |
| despondent, heartsick | Without or almost without hope | |
| forlorn | marked by or showing hopelessness | |
| futureless | Having no prospect or hope of a future | |
| helpless, lost | Unable to function | |
| insoluble | Without hope of solution | |
| See also | discouraging | depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action |
| impossible | not capable of occurring or being accomplished / accomplished or dealt with | |
| pessimistic | Expecting the worst possible outcome | |
| Opposite | hopeful | Having or manifesting hope |
| Spanish | desesperado | |
| Nouns | hopelessness | the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success |
| Adverbs | hopelessly | without hope |
| hopelessly | in a dispirited manner without hope | |
| Meaning | Of a person unable to do something skillfully. | |
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| Example | "I'm hopeless at mathematics" | |
| Broader | unskilled | not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency / proficiency |
| Nouns | hopelessness | the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success |
| Meaning | Certain to fail. | |
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| Example | "the situation is hopeless" | |
| Broader | impossible | not capable of occurring or being accomplished / accomplished or dealt with |
| Spanish | desesperado | |
| Catalan | desesperat | |
| Meaning | (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform. | |
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| Broader | bad | Having undesirable or negative qualities |
| Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
| Adverbs | hopelessly | in a hopeless manner |
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