Similar Words

— abject
— bad
— black
— bleak
— despairing
— desperate
— despondent
— dim
— discouraging
— forlorn
— futureless
— hapless
— heartsick
— helpless
— hopelessness
— impossible
— insoluble
— lorn
— lost
— pessimistic
— unhopeful
— unskilled

Misspelling

hhopeless, hoopeless, hopeeleess, hopele?, hopeles, hopelessss, hopelezz, hopelless, hoppeless, hpoeless, opeless

Hopeless — synonyms, hopeless antonyms, definition

1. hopeless (a)

58 synonyms

apocalyptic bad baleful beyond repair black broken dangerous dejected depressing desolate desperate despondent destroyed detrimental disadvantageous disconsolate discouraging dismal distressed doleful • • •

2. hopeless (Adjective)

1 antonym

hopeful

4 definitions

hopeless (Adjective) — Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success. ex. "in an agony of hopeless grief" ex. "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

hopeless (Adjective) — Of a person unable to do something skilfully. ex. "I'm hopeless at mathematics"

hopeless (Adjective) — Certain to fail. ex. "the situation is hopeless"

hopeless (Adjective) — (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform. ex. "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers" ex. "he is a hopeless romantic"