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| Sounds | hhow'plahs |
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| Rhymes | abacus, abruptness, absoluteness, and 1127 more rhymes in ahs... |
| Meaning | Without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success. |
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| Examples | "in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down" |
| Contrary | hopeful |
| Similar | abject, resigned, unhopeful; black, bleak, dim; despairing, desperate; despondent, heartsick; forlorn; futureless; gloomy, grim, darkening; helpless, lost; insoluble |
| See also | discouraging; pessimistic; impossible |
| Nouns | hopelessness |
| Adverbs | hopelessly; hopelessly |
| Meaning | Of a person unable to do something skillfully. |
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| Examples | "I'm hopeless at mathematics" |
| Similar to | unskilled |
| Nouns | hopelessness |
| Meaning | Certain to fail. |
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| Examples | "the situation is hopeless" |
| Similar to | impossible |
| Meaning | (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform. |
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| Examples | "she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic" |
| Similar to | bad |
| Usage | colloquialism |
| Adverbs | hopelessly |
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