a01229020
| type | a |
| lex_filenum | 00 |
| 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 |
| Outgoing links | |
| 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 |
| Incoming links | |
| 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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