Synonyms for hopeless
ˈhoʊp lɪshope·less

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1. hopelessadjective

   Synonyms:
   desperate

   Antonyms:
   hopeful

2. hopelessadjective

   Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.

   I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. -Shakespeare.

   Synonyms:
   desperate

   Antonyms:
   hopeful

3. hopelessadjective

   Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

   A hopeless cause.

   Synonyms:
   desperate

   Antonyms:
   hopeful

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1. hopelessadjective

   without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success

   "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"

   Antonyms:
   anticipant, anticipative, expectant, possible, hopeful, skilled, good

2. hopelessadjective

   of a person unable to do something skillfully

   "I'm hopeless at mathematics"

   Antonyms:
   anticipative, expectant, anticipant, hopeful, skilled, good, possible

3. hopelessadjective

   certain to fail

   "the situation is hopeless"

   Antonyms:
   expectant, good, anticipant, possible, hopeful, anticipative, skilled

4. hopelessadjective

   (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform

   "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"

   Antonyms:
   expectant, hopeful, good, anticipant, possible, anticipative, skilled

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1. hopelessadjective

   Synonyms:
   despairing, desperate, forlorn

2. hopelessadjective

   Synonyms:
   remediless, irremediable, incurable, past cure

3. hopelessadjective

   Synonyms:
   impossible, impracticable

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1. hopelessadjective

   Synonyms:
   despairing, disconsolate, desperate, unpromising

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1. List of paraphrases for "hopeless":

   desperate, incorrigible, dire, irremediable, despairing

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1. Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   I don't think that things are hopeless.

2. Francis Collins:

   We shouldn't feel hopeless here and we know what works, we know that if we could, as Americans, agree to take those recommendations to heart, that we would keep our masks on when we're outside, we'd stay more than six feet apart from each other and we would avoid indoor gatherings where there's a big chance of spread, we wash our hands and all that, then we could implement what we know has worked.

3. Jared Kushner:

   I believe peace is within reach if we dare to believe that the future can be different from the past, that we are not condemned to relive history and that the way things were is not how they must forever be, it will not be an easy road, and it will be filled with difficult moments and tough decisions. But, if we dream big, if we lead with courage, we can change the trajectory for millions from hopeless to boundless.

4. Emily Lau:

   The situation here is pretty grim ... it's not just the pro-democracy camp, but the business community, the professional people, the grassroots people, they are all deeply unhappy, dissatisfied, frustrated and some feel hopeless.

5. Paul Rosenblatt:

   There's a learning curve to dealing with it, paul Rosenblatt can feel like it's hopeless today or really hard today. And then tomorrow or an hour from now, Paul Rosenblatt could be learning things or getting into a different groove where things work out.