Synonyms for Hopeless

Synonyms for "hopeless" (168 found)

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Closest matches (34)

absurdaffording no hopealoof apathetic bad barred benumbed blah blase bleak bootless cheerless closed-out comatose comfortlesscontrary to reasoncureless deadly deficient dejected

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deplorable depressed desensitizeddespaired ofdespairing desperate despondent

Adjective(3 words)

alas desolate despairing

Noun(2 words)

defeatist defeatists

Verb(1 words)

despaired

Adjective(1 words)

desperate

Strong matches (50)

Adjective(5 words)

despondent dratexistential helplessnessfutile futureless

desponding detached disconsolate discouraged disinterested dismaldone fordowncast dull dying excluded expiringfacing deathfatal forlorn funereal futilegiven upgloomy glum

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going gone grim heartless hebetudinous hoper immedicable impossible impracticablein a stuporin articulo mortisin despairin extremisinadequateincapable of lifeincompetent inconceivable inconsolable incorrigible incurable indifferent inept inferior

Verb(1 words)

doomed

Adjective(1 words)

forlorn

Related words (84)

insoluble insouciant irredeemable irremediable irreparable irretrievable languid laodicean lethal lethargic listlesslogically impossiblelost low lugubrious melancholy miserable moribund morosenear death

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Adjective(4 words)

ugh unfeasible uselesszero potential

Adjective(1 words)

unhopeful

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

9 entries

emotional stateemotive expressionexclamation interjectionmental stateoutcome outlook prospectstate of affairs

More specific

8 entries

alas despair drat futility melancholy pessimism unfeasibility uselessness

Collocations

9 entries

hopeless casehopeless causehopeless efforthopeless projecthopeless situationhopeless taskhopelessly inadequatehopelessly optimisticutterly hopeless

Inflections

2 entries

more hopelessmost hopeless

Derivations

2 entries

hopelessly hopelessness

Antonyms

1 entries

hopeful

similar

19 entries

abject bad black bleak despairing desperate despondent dim discouraging forlorn futureless heartsick helpless impossible insoluble lost

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Sample sentences

19 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

You are hopeless.

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You really are hopeless.

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I'm hopeless at ironing so I buy permanent press clothes.

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The housing situation seemed quite hopeless.

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Hopeless