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Synonyms & 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
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2
emphasizing or expecting the worst
- the poor woman was feeling hopeless about ever finding her lost cat
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- hopeful,
- optimistic,
- Panglossian,
- Pollyanna,
- Pollyannaish
- (also Pollyannish),
- rose-colored,
- rosy,
- upbeat
3
incapable of being solved or accomplished
- keeping this desk organized is hopeless
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- debatable,
- disputable,
- doubtable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- far-fetched,
- fishy,
- improbable,
- problematic
- (also problematical),
- questionable,
- shady,
- shaky,
- suspect,
- suspicious,
- unfeasible,
- unlikely
- absurd,
- fantastic
- (also fantastical),
- outlandish,
- preposterous,
- ridiculous
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4
feeling or showing no hope
- the hopeless look on the faces of the fans as the other team scored again
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- 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
- bleak,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- dark,
- depressing,
- desolate,
- dismal,
- drear,
- dreary,
- funereal
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The first known use of hopeless was in 1534
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