You are hopeless.
Source: tatoeba (17528)
Hopeless
//ˈhəʊplɪs//
Synonyms for "hopeless" (170 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (85)
insouciantirredeemableirremediableirreparableirretrievablelanguidlaodiceanlethallethargiclistlesslogically impossiblelostlowlugubriousmelancholymiserablemoribundmorosenear deathnonchalant
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nonviablenot possiblenumbnumbedolympianout of the questionoxymoronicparadoxicalpassivepessimisticphlegmaticplucklesspointlesspollyannapoorpreposterousprohibitedrecklessresignedridiculousruefulruled-outsadself-contradictorysinkingslackslippingslipping awaysluggishsoporificsorrowfulspiritlessspunklessstoicstupefiedsupineterminaltorpidunavailinguncaringunconcerneduncorrectableunfitunhappyunimaginableuninterestedunpromisingunqualifiedunskilledunthinkableunworkableuselessvainwithdrawnwithout hopewoebegoneworthlesswretched
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2 entriesderived
2 entriesderived from
2 entriesrelated to
7 entriessimilar
30 entriesShowing 16 of 30 words.
Translations
61 translations across 43 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- hopeloos adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀνέλπιστος adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Armenian
1 entries- անհույս adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Bulgarian
1 entries- безнадежден adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Catalan
1 entries- desesperat adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- نا ئومێد adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 沒有希望的 /没有希望的 adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- 絕望的 /绝望的 adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Czech
1 entries- beznadějný adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Danish
1 entries- håbløs adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Dutch
3 entries- hopeloos adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- kansloos adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- uitzichtloos adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Esperanto
1 entries- senespera adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Faroese
2 entries- hopleysur adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- vónleysur adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Finnish
1 entries- toivoton adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
French
1 entries- désespéré adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Galician
1 entries- desesperado adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Georgian
1 entries- უიმედო adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
German
1 entries- hoffnungslos adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Greek
1 entries- ανέλπιδος adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Hungarian
1 entries- reménytelen adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Irish
1 entries- éadóchasach adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Italian
1 entries- disperato adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Japanese
2 entries- 絶望した adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- 絶望的な adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Kazakh
1 entries- үмітсіз adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Latin
1 entries- desperatus adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Latvian
1 entries- bezcerīgs adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Lithuanian
1 entries- beviltiškas adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Macedonian
1 entries- безнадежен adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Malay
1 entries- putus asa adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Northern Kurdish
1 entries- bêhêvî adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- håplaus adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- håpløs adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- vonlaus adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- vonløs adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- håplaus adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- vonlaus adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Persian
1 entries- ناامید adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- hopnungslooss adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Polish
1 entries- beznadziejny adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Portuguese
2 entries- desesperado adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- desesperançado adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Romanian
2 entries- deznădăjduit adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- disperat adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Russian
1 entries- безнадёжный adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Spanish
4 entries- desesperado adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- desesperanzado adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- sin esperanza adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- sin esperanzas adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Swedish
1 entries- hopplös adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Thai
2 entries- สิ้นหวัง adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- หมดหวัง adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Turkish
3 entries- nevmit adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- umutsuz adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- ümitsiz adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Ukrainian
1 entries- безнаді́йний adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Welsh
2 entries- anobeithiol adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
- diobaith adj (destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
You really are hopeless.
Source: tatoeba (17623)
I'm hopeless at ironing so I buy permanent press clothes.
Source: tatoeba (71920)
The housing situation seemed quite hopeless.
Source: tatoeba (266475)
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