hopeless

adjectives

without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
"in an agony of hopeless grief"; "with a hopeless sigh he sat down"
hopeless
is derived from
hopelessness
antonym
hopeful
is similar to
showing utter resignation or hopelessness
"abject surrender"
abject, unhopeful
is similar to
offering little or no hope
"the future looked black"; "prospects were bleak"; "Life in the Aran Islands has always been bleak and difficult"- J.M.Synge; "took a dim view of things"
black, bleak, dim
is similar to
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope
"a despairing view of the world situation"; "the last despairing plea of the condemned criminal"; "a desperate cry for help"; "helpless and desperate--as if at the end of his tether"; "her desperate screams"
despairing, desperate
is similar to
without or almost without hope
"despondent about his failure"; "too heartsick to fight back"
despondent, heartsick
is similar to
marked by or showing hopelessness
"the last forlorn attempt"; "a forlorn cause"
forlorn
is similar to
having no prospect or hope of a future
futureless
is similar to
unable to function; without help
helpless, lost
is similar to
without hope of solution
"an insoluble problem"
insoluble
see also
depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action
"where never is heard a discouraging word"
discouraging
see also
expecting the worst possible outcome
pessimistic
see also
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
"an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"
impossible
of a person unable to do something skillfully
"I'm hopeless at mathematics"
hopeless
is derived from
hopelessness
is similar to
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency
"unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship"
unskilled
certain to fail
"the situation is hopeless"
hopeless
is similar to
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with
"an impossible dream"; "an impossible situation"
impossible
(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
"she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers"; "he is a hopeless romantic"
hopeless
is similar to
having undesirable or negative qualities
"a bad report card"; "his sloppy appearance made a bad impression"; "a bad little boy"; "clothes in bad shape"; "a bad cut"; "bad luck"; "the news was very bad"; "the reviews were bad"; "the pay is bad"; "it was a bad light for reading"; "the movie was a bad choice"
bad
domain usage
a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech
colloquialism