DICTOMETER

HÅPLØS (Norwegian for "hopeless")

(hopeless, desperate, desastroso, desesperado)

1. Synonyms:
   • Hopeless
   Definitions:
   • without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
   Examples:
   • In an agony of hopeless grief
   • With a hopeless sigh he sat down
   Antonyms:
   • HOPEFUL
   • anticipant, anticipative, expectant
   
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Hopeless
   Definitions:
   • of a person unable to do something skillfully
   Examples:
   • I'm hopeless at mathematics
   Antonyms:
   • Skilled
   
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Hopeless
   Definitions:
   • certain to fail
   Examples:
   • The situation is hopeless
   Antonyms:
   • Possible
   
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Hopeless
   Definitions:
   • (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
   Examples:
   • She handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
   • He is a hopeless romantic
   Antonyms:
   • Good