hopeless
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hopeless
- /ˈhəʊplɪs/ UK
- /ˈhoʊplɪs/ US
Rhymes with -əʊplɪs
adjective more hopeless · most hopeless
- Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive. I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.
- Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate. My mind is a camera / Camela mon camela ambra / It brings into focus / The dreams of kings / And even the hopeless
- Without talent, not skilled. He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
- Of an adverse condition, incurable. She is a hopeless romantic.
Similar: desperate, unhopeful, forlorn, black · Opposite: hopeful
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Closest in meaning: despairing, despondent, forlorn, grim, bad, desperate, heartsick, abject, gloomy, helpless, bleak, lost, unskilled, unhopeful, incurable, black
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adj destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
| Español | desesperanzado, sin esperanza (s) |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 絶望した zetsubō shita, 絶望的な zetsubōteki na |
| 中文 | 沒有希望的 /没有希望的 méiyǒu xīwàng de, 絕望的 /绝望的 juéwàng de |
| Português | desesperado, desesperançado |
| Français | désespéré |
| Deutsch | hoffnungslos |
| Italiano | disperato |
| Ελληνικά | ανέλπιδος anélpidos |
| Română | deznădăjduit, disperat |
| Русский | безнадёжный beznadjóžnyj |
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title = {hopeless},
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