adjadj.allwithout hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or successExamples:- in an agony of hopeless grief
- with a hopeless sigh he sat down
Antonyms:hopeful
Derivationally Related Form:hopelessness
Inherited Hypernyms:hopeless
Similar to:abject unhopeful black bleak dim despairing desperate despondent heartsick forlorn futureless helpless lost insoluble
See also:discouraging impossible pessimistic
adj satadj.allof a person unable to do something skillfullyExamples:- I'm hopeless at mathematics
Antonyms:skilled
Derivationally Related Form:hopelessness
Inherited Hypernyms:hopeless
Similar to:unskilled
adj satadj.allcertain to failExamples:- the situation is hopeless
Antonyms:possible
Inherited Hypernyms:hopeless
Similar to:impossible
adj satadj.all(informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reformDomain Usage:colloquialism
Examples:- she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
- he is a hopeless romantic
Antonyms:good
Inherited Hypernyms:hopeless
Similar to:bad