hopeless

 
  Grep  of  noun  hopeless 
  hopelessness 
 
  Overview  of  adj  hopeless 
 
  The  adj  hopeless  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  hopeless  --  (without  hope  because  there  seems  to  be  no  possibility  of  comfort  or  success;  "in  an  agony  of  hopeless  grief";  "with  a  hopeless  sigh  he  sat  down") 
  2.  hopeless  --  (of  a  person  unable  to  do  something  skillfully;  "I'm  hopeless  at  mathematics") 
  3.  hopeless  --  (certain  to  fail  "the  situation  is  hopeless") 
  4.  hopeless  --  ((informal  to  emphasize  how  bad  it  is)  beyond  hope  of  management  or  reform;  "she  handed  me  a  hopeless  jumble  of  papers";  "he  is  a  hopeless  romantic") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  hopeless 
 
  4  senses  of  hopeless 
 
  Sense  1 
  hopeless  (vs.  hopeful) 
 
  hopeful  (vs.  hopeless) 
  =>  anticipant,  anticipative,  expectant 
  =>  aspirant,  aspiring(prenominal),  wishful,  would-be(postnominal) 
 
  Sense  2 
  hopeless 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  unskilled)  ->  skilled 
 
  Sense  3 
  hopeless 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  impossible)  ->  possible 
 
  Sense  4 
  hopeless 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  bad)  ->  good 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  hopeless 
 
  4  senses  of  hopeless 
 
  Sense  1 
  hopeless  (vs.  hopeful) 
  =>  abject,  resigned,  unhopeful 
  =>  black,  bleak,  dim 
  =>  despairing,  desperate 
  =>  despondent,  heartsick 
  =>  forlorn 
  =>  futureless 
  =>  gloomy,  grim 
  =>  helpless,  lost 
  =>  incurable 
  =>  insoluble 
  Also  See->  discouraging#1;  impossible#1;  pessimistic#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  hopeless 
  =>  unskilled  (vs.  skilled) 
 
  Sense  3 
  hopeless 
  =>  impossible  (vs.  possible) 
 
  Sense  4 
  hopeless 
  =>  bad  (vs.  good) 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  hopeless 
 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  hopeless 
 
  hopeless  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  hopeless 
  hopeless 
 
  Overview  of  adj  hopeless 
 
  The  adj  hopeless  has  4  senses  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (3)  hopeless  --  (without  hope  because  there  seems  to  be  no  possibility  of  comfort  or  success;  "in  an  agony  of  hopeless  grief";  "with  a  hopeless  sigh  he  sat  down") 
  2.  hopeless  --  (of  a  person  unable  to  do  something  skillfully;  "I'm  hopeless  at  mathematics") 
  3.  hopeless  --  (certain  to  fail  "the  situation  is  hopeless") 
  4.  hopeless  --  ((informal  to  emphasize  how  bad  it  is)  beyond  hope  of  management  or  reform;  "she  handed  me  a  hopeless  jumble  of  papers";  "he  is  a  hopeless  romantic") 

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