Word of the Day – Hopeless

Hopeless – h ow p l ih s
Feeling despair about something
Jenny felt hopeless in her situation.
Definition adjective
providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate
without hope; despairing
impossible to accomplish, solve, resolve, etc.
not able to learn or act, perform, or work as desired; inadequate for the purpose
How to Pronounce
Synonyms for hopeless
irremediable, remediless, incurable, forlorn, disconsolate, dejected.
Entries near hopeless
Hope diamond, hopeful, hopefully, hopeful monster, Hopeh, hopeless, hopelessness, Hope springs eternal, Hopewell, hophead, hop hornbeam
First known usage
1560–70; hope + -less
