hopeless (a)

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type a
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def without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
examples in an agony of hopeless grief
with a hopeless sigh he sat down
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Also see discouraging; impossible; pessimistic
Derivationally related form hopeless → hopelessness
Antonym hopeless → hopeful
Similar to abject, unhopeful; black, bleak, dim; despairing, desperate; despondent, heartsick; forlorn; futureless; helpless, lost; insoluble
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Also see discouraging; pessimistic; impossible
Antonym hopeful → hopeless
Similar to abject, unhopeful; black, bleak, dim; despairing, desperate; despondent, heartsick; forlorn; futureless; helpless, lost; insoluble
Derived from adjective hopelessly → hopeless
Derived from adjective hopelessly → hopeless
Derivationally related form hopelessness → hopeless

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