Despondent implies a deep dejection arising from a conviction of the uselessness of further effort. (definition of hopeless from the cambridge advanced learner's dictionary & thesaurus © cambridge university press) 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. 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. Definition of hopeless adjective from the oxford advanced learner's dictionary If something is hopeless, there is no hope that it will get better or succeed It's hopeless trying to convince her We won't bother to appeal—it's a hopeless case
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. 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. Very bad and not likely to succeed or improve Very bad at a particular activity
If you feel hopeless, you feel desperate because there seems to be no possibility of success. They searched for survivors but it was hopeless She was depressed and felt totally hopeless about the future.
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