Another word for hopeless
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Adjective
Having lost all hope
- Nearly hopeless; desperate:
- Lonely and sad; unhappy and neglected
- Without hope; desperate
- Filled with despondency; dejected
- Feeling or expressing despondency; dejected.
- Extremely intense:
- Reckless or violent because of despair:
- Nearly hopeless; critical:
See also:Offering no hope or expectation of improvement
- Not reparable; that cannot be repaired, mended, remedied, etc.
- Impossible to repair, rectify, or amend:
- Not curable; that cannot be remedied or corrected
- Being such that a cure is impossible; not curable:
- Incapable of being altered, as in disposition or habits:
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Another word for hopeless
Modifier
Despairing
See also:Discouraging
Antonyms:
Synonym Study
- Desperate implies such despair as makes one resort to extreme measures hunger makes men desperate
- Despairing implies utter loss of hope and may suggest the extreme dejection that results the despairing lover spoke of suicide
- Despondent implies a being in very low spirits because of a loss of hope and a sense of futility about continuing one's efforts her rejection of his proposal left him despondent
- Hopeless means having no expectation of, or showing no sign of, a favorable outcome a hopeless situation
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