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hopeless

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of hopeless

1 not capable of being cured or reformed

a hopeless optimist who looked for the good in everyone and everything

was a hopeless romantic who never stopped looking for a soul mate

Synonyms of hopeless

incorrigible, incurable, irrecoverable, irredeemable, irreformable, irremediable, irretrievable, unrecoverable, unredeemable

Words Related to hopeless

irreparable, irreversible, uncorrectable

unencouraging, unpromising

impenitent, unreformed, unregenerate, unrepentant

Near Antonyms of hopeless

encouraging, promising

penitent, regretful, remorseful, repentant, rueful, sorry

correctable, fixable, rectifiable, repairable, reparable, salvable, salvageable

Antonyms of hopeless

curable, reclaimable, recoverable, redeemable, reformable, remediable, retrievable, savable (or saveable)

2 emphasizing or expecting the worst

the poor woman was feeling hopeless about ever finding her lost cat

Synonyms of hopeless

bearish, defeatist, despairing, downbeat, pessimistic

Words Related to hopeless

cynical, fatalistic, nihilist, nihilistic

desperate, discouraging, disheartening, inauspicious, unlikely, unpromising

bleak, cheerless, comfortless, depressing, desolate, dismal, dreary, funereal, gloomy, morose, saturnine, sepulchral, somber (or sombre), sullen

contrary, hostile, negative

Near Antonyms of hopeless

auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, likely, promising, propitious

cheering, comforting, reassuring

favorable, good, positive

idealist, romantic, utopian, visionary

cheerful, cheery, chipper, sunny

Antonyms of hopeless

hopeful, optimistic, Panglossian, Pollyanna, Pollyannaish (also Polyannish), rose-colored, rosy, upbeat

3 incapable of being solved or accomplished

keeping this desk organized is hopeless

Synonyms of hopeless

impossible, insoluble, insolvable, insuperable, unattainable, undoable, unrealizable, unsolvable

Words Related to hopeless

impracticable, impractical, infeasible, unusable, unworkable

debatable, disputable, doubtable, doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, fishy, improbable, problematic (also problematical), questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious, unfeasible, unlikely

implausible, inconceivable, incredible, unbelievable, unimaginable, unthinkable

futile, useless

absurd, fantastic (also fantastical), outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous

Near Antonyms of hopeless

applicable, functional, practicable, practical, reasonable, serviceable, usable (also useable), useful, working

likely, probable

acceptable, believable, conceivable, credible, plausible

Antonyms of hopeless

achievable, attainable, doable, feasible, possible, realizable, resolvable, soluble, workable

4 feeling or showing no hope

the hopeless look on the faces of the fans as the other team scored again

Synonyms of hopeless

despairing, desperate, despondent, forlorn

Words Related to hopeless

blue, brokenhearted, crestfallen, dejected, depressed, disconsolate, doleful, down, downcast, downhearted, gloomy, glum, hangdog, heartbroken, heartsick, heartsore, inconsolable, joyless, low, low-spirited, melancholy, miserable, mournful, sad, saddened, sorrowful, sorry, unhappy, woebegone, woeful, wretched

abject, disappointed, discouraged, disheartened, dispirited

grieving, wailing, weeping

bleak, cheerless, comfortless, dark, depressing, desolate, dismal, drear, dreary, funereal

cynical, pessimistic

accepting, resigned

Near Antonyms of hopeless

ecstatic, elated, enraptured, entranced, euphoric, exhilarated, exuberant, exultant

blithe, blithesome, gay, jocund, jolly, jovial, lightsome, merry, mirthful

encouraged, heartened

animated, jaunty, lively, perky, sprightful, sprightly, vivacious

blissful, buoyant, cheerful, cheery, chipper, delighted, glad, gladdened, gladsome, gleeful, happy, joyful, joyous, jubilant, sunny, upbeat

Antonyms of hopeless

hopeful, optimistic

Synonym Discussion of hopeless

despondent, despairing, desperate, hopeless mean having lost all or nearly all hope. despondent implies a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort.

- despondent about yet another rejection

despairing suggests the slipping away of all hope and often despondency.

- despairing appeals for the return of the kidnapped child

desperate implies despair that prompts reckless action or violence in the face of defeat or frustration.

- one last desperate attempt to turn the tide of battle

hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies acceptance or resignation.

- the situation of the trapped miners is hopeless

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