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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