All desponding synonyms
de·spond
D d adjective desponding
- desperate — If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- irrecoverable — incapable of being recovered or regained: an irrecoverable debt.
- no-win — denoting a condition in which one cannot benefit, succeed, or win: a no-win situation; a no-win war.
- up against it — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- goner — a person or thing that is dead, lost, or past recovery.
- no-way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- back to the wall — (Idiomatic) (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) A very difficult situation with no beneficial options available for action.
- in the soup — a liquid food made by boiling or simmering meat, fish, or vegetables with various added ingredients.
- irretrievable — not capable of being retrieved; irrecoverable; irreparable.
- dead duck — If you describe someone or something as a dead duck, you are emphasizing that you think they have absolutely no chance of succeeding.
- no way — refusal
- up the creek — U.S., Canada, and Australia. a stream smaller than a river.