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hopeless
hope·less H0274300 (hōp′lĭs)adj.1. a. Having no hope; despairing: lost hikers who felt hopeless.b. Characterized by despair: hopeless resignation.2. a. Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with; impossible: a hopeless problem; a hopeless disease.b. Having no hope or chance of changing or improving: a hopeless romantic; a hopeless procrastinator.
hope′less·ness n.hope′less·ly adv.hopeless (ˈhəʊplɪs) adj1. having or offering no hope2. impossible to analyse or solve3. unable to learn, function, etc4. informal without skill or ability ˈhopelessly adv ˈhopelessness nhope•less (ˈhoʊp lɪs)
adj. 1. providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless medical condition. 2. without hope; despairing: hopeless grief. 3. impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc: a hopeless misunderstanding. 4. not able to learn or act, perform, or work as desired; inadequate: The new clerk is hopeless with figures. [1560–70] hope′less•ly, adv. hope′less•ness, n. Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | hopeless - without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success; "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"discouraging - depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"pessimistic - expecting the worst possible outcomeimpossible - not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"hopeful - having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem" | | 2. | hopeless - of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics"unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" | | 3. | hopeless - certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"impossible - not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with; "an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation" | | 4. | hopeless - (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform; "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speechbad - having undesirable or negative qualities; "a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice" |
hopelessadjective1. pessimistic, desperate, despairing, forlorn, in despair, abject, dejected, despondent, demoralized, defeatist, disconsolate, downhearted Even able pupils feel hopeless about job prospects.
pessimistic optimistic, confident, assured, happy, hopeful, cheerful, uplifted, heartened, expectant2. impossible, pointless, futile, useless, vain, forlorn, no-win, unattainable, impracticable, unachievable, not having a prayer I don't believe your situation is as hopeless as you think.3. (Informal) no good, inadequate, useless (informal), poor, pants (informal), pathetic, inferior, incompetent, ineffectual I'd be hopeless at working for somebody else.4. incurable, irreversible, irreparable, lost, helpless, irremediable, past remedy, remediless a hopeless mess
incurable curable, remediablehopelessadjective1. Having lost all hope:despairing, desperate, despondent, forlorn.2. Offering no hope or expectation of improvement:cureless, incurable, irremediable, irreparable.Translationshope (həup) verb to want something to happen and have some reason to believe that it will or might happen. He's very late, but we are still hoping he will come; I hope to be in London next month; We're hoping for some help from other people; It's unlikely that he'll come now, but we keep on hoping; `Do you think it will rain?' `I hope so/not'. 希望 希望 noun1. (any reason or encouragement for) the state of feeling that what one wants will or might happen. He has lost all hope of becoming the president; He came to see me in the hope that I would help him; He has hopes of winning a scholarship; The rescuers said there was no hope of finding anyone alive in the mine. 希望 希望2. a person, thing etc that one is relying on for help etc. He's my last hope – there is no-one else I can ask. 被寄託希望的人或物 被寄托希望的人或物3. something hoped for. My hope is that he will get married and settle down soon. 盼望 盼望ˈhopeful adjective1. (negative unhopeful) full of hope. The police are hopeful that they will soon find the killer; hopeful faces; He is hopeful of success. 充滿希望的 怀有希望的2. giving a reason or encouragement for hope. That's a hopeful sign – perhaps he is going to change his mind after all. 有希望的 有希望的3. likely to be pleasant, successful etc. The future looks quite hopeful. 樂觀的 乐观的ˈhopefulness noun 充滿(有)希望 有希望ˈhopefully adverb1. in a hopeful way. The dog looked hopefully at the joint of meat. 懷有希望地 抱有希望地2. it is to be hoped that. Hopefully, that will never happen. 但願 但愿ˈhopeless adjective1. not likely to be successful. It's hopeless to try to persuade him; a hopeless attempt; The future looks hopeless. 無望的 无希望的，绝望的 2. (with at) not good. I'm a hopeless housewife; He's hopeless at French. 能力不好的 不好的3. unable to be stopped, cured etc. The doctors considered the patient's case hopeless; He's a hopeless liar/idiot. 不可救藥的 无可救药的ˈhopelessly adverb 無望地 无希望地ˈhopelessness noun 無望 绝望，无希望 hope against hope to continue hoping when there is no (longer any) reason for hope. 抱著一線希望 抱一线希望hope for the best to hope that something will succeed, that nothing bad will happen etc. 往好處想 抱乐观的希望（往最好处想） not (have) a hope (to be) completely unlikely (to succeed in something). He hasn't a hope of getting the job; `Will he get the job?' `Not a hope!' 沒希望(成功做到某事) 没希望raise someone's hopes to cause someone to hope, usually when there is no good reason to. 讓某人燃起希望(通常在無望的情況下) 唤起某人的希望hopeless
hopeless at (something)Not skilled or adept at something. Oh, I hired a maid because I know I'm hopeless at housework. Steve is just hopeless at math—we have help him with his homework every night.See also: hopelesshopeless at(doing something) incapable of doing something. Tom is hopeless at cooking. Sally is hopeless at keeping her room clean, and it shows.See also: hopelessEncyclopediaSeeHopehopeless
hopeless Terminal care Futile. See Medical futility. hopeless
Synonyms for hopelessadj pessimisticSynonyms- pessimistic
- desperate
- despairing
- forlorn
- in despair
- abject
- dejected
- despondent
- demoralized
- defeatist
- disconsolate
- downhearted
Antonyms- optimistic
- confident
- assured
- happy
- hopeful
- cheerful
- uplifted
- heartened
- expectant
adj impossibleSynonyms- impossible
- pointless
- futile
- useless
- vain
- forlorn
- no-win
- unattainable
- impracticable
- unachievable
- not having a prayer
adj no goodSynonyms- no good
- inadequate
- useless
- poor
- pants
- pathetic
- inferior
- incompetent
- ineffectual
adj incurableSynonyms- incurable
- irreversible
- irreparable
- lost
- helpless
- irremediable
- past remedy
- remediless
AntonymsSynonyms for hopelessadj having lost all hopeSynonyms- despairing
- desperate
- despondent
- forlorn
adj offering no hope or expectation of improvementSynonyms- cureless
- incurable
- irremediable
- irreparable
Antonyms for hopelessadj without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or successRelated Words- discouraging
- pessimistic
- impossible
Antonymsadj of a person unable to do something skillfullyRelated Wordsadj certain to failRelated Wordsadj (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reformRelated Words |