All hopeless synonyms
hopeΒ·less
H h adj hopeless
- futile β incapable of producing any result; ineffective; useless; not successful: Attempting to force-feed the sick horse was futile.
- forlorn β desolate or dreary; unhappy or miserable, as in feeling, condition, or appearance.
- sad β Systems Analysis Definition
- tragic β characteristic or suggestive of tragedy: tragic solemnity.
- useless β of no use; not serving the purpose or any purpose; unavailing or futile: It is useless to reason with him.
- desperate β If you are desperate, you are in such a bad situation that you are willing to try anything to change it.
- impossible β not possible; unable to be, exist, happen, etc.
- helpless β unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid.
- pointless β without a point: a pointless pen.
- bad β If you say that it is bad that something happens, you mean it is unacceptable, unfortunate, or wrong.
- cynical β If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- dejected β If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- demoralized β dispirited; disheartened
- despairing β marked by or resulting from despair; hopeless or desperate
- despondent β If you are despondent, you are very unhappy because you have been experiencing difficulties that you think you will not be able to overcome.
- disconsolate β without consolation or solace; hopelessly unhappy; inconsolable: Loss of her pet dog made her disconsolate.
- discouraging β to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- downhearted β dejected; depressed; discouraged.
- fatal β causing or capable of causing death; mortal; deadly: a fatal accident; a fatal dose of poison.
- gone β past participle of go1 .
- ill-fated β destined, as though by fate, to an unhappy or unfortunate end: an ill-fated voyage.
- impracticable β not practicable; incapable of being put into practice with the available means: an impracticable plan.
- incurable β not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- irreparable β not reparable; incapable of being rectified, remedied, or made good: an irreparable mistake.
- irrevocable β not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- lost β no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- menacing β something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- sinister β threatening or portending evil, harm, or trouble; ominous: a sinister remark.
- threatening β tending or intended to menace: threatening gestures.
- unavailing β ineffectual; futile.
- unfortunate β suffering from bad luck: an unfortunate person.
- vain β excessively proud of or concerned about one's own appearance, qualities, achievements, etc.; conceited: a vain dandy.
- woebegone β beset with woe; affected by woe, especially in appearance.
- irreversible β not reversible; incapable of being changed: His refusal is irreversible.
- beyond recall β If something is beyond recall, it is no longer possible to remember how it was or to bring it back to its original condition.
adjective hopeless
- unpromising β unlikely to be favorable or successful, as the weather, a situation, or a career.
- fruitless β useless; unproductive; without results or success: a fruitless search for the missing treasure.
- doomed β fate or destiny, especially adverse fate; unavoidable ill fortune: In exile and poverty, he met his doom.
- bleak β If a situation is bleak, it is bad, and seems unlikely to improve.
- pessimistic β pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- demoralised β to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- disheartened β to depress the hope, courage, or spirits of; discourage.
- depressed β If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- miserable β wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- morose β gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- incompetent β not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- pathetic β causing or evoking pity, sympathetic sadness, sorrow, etc.; pitiful; pitiable: a pathetic letter; a pathetic sight.
- inept β without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
- clueless β If you describe someone as clueless, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they do not know anything about a particular subject or that they are incapable of doing a particular thing properly.
- terrible β distressing; severe: a terrible winter.