English adjective: hopeless | |||
1. | hopeless without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success | ||
Samples | In an agony of hopeless grief. With a hopeless sigh he sat down. | ||
Similar | abject, black, bleak, despairing, desperate, despondent, dim, forlorn, futureless, heartsick, helpless, insoluble, lost, unhopeful | ||
See also | discouraging, impossible, pessimistic | ||
Antonyms | hopeful | ||
2. | hopeless of a person unable to do something skillfully | ||
Samples | I'm hopeless at mathematics. | ||
Similar | unskilled | ||
Antonyms | skilled | ||
3. | hopeless certain to fail | ||
Samples | The situation is hopeless. | ||
Similar | impossible | ||
Antonyms | possible | ||
4. | hopeless (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform | ||
Samples | She handed me a hopeless jumble of papers. He is a hopeless romantic. | ||
Similar | bad | ||
Domain usage | colloquialism | ||
Antonyms | good | ||