Despondent implies a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort. They searched for survivors but it was hopeless She was depressed and felt totally hopeless about the future. Hopeless, despairing, despondent, desperate all describe an absence of hope Hopeless is used of a feeling of futility and passive abandonment of oneself to fate Hopeless and grim, he still clung to the cliff.
Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with Having no hope or chance of changing or improving American heritage® dictionary of the english language, fifth edition. If you feel hopeless, you feel very unhappy because there seems to be no possibility of a better situation or success He had not heard her cry before in this uncontrolled, hopeless way. Definition of hopeless adjective from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary
It's hopeless trying to convince her We won't bother to appeal—it's a hopeless case He felt that his life was a hopeless mess. Hopeless (comparative more hopeless, superlative most hopeless) without hope We were hopeless at (playing) golf He's very ill, but his condition isn't hopeless
He stared hopelessly out the window He's a hopelessly naive person She was hopelessly addicted to tobacco They fell hopelessly in love. Some common synonyms of hopeless are despairing, desperate, and despondent While all these words mean having lost all or nearly all hope, hopeless suggests despair and the cessation of effort or resistance and often implies acceptance or resignation.
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