hopeless

adj.

1. Having no hope; despairing. See synonyms at despondent.
2. Offering no hope; bleak.
3. Incurable.
4. Having no possibility of solution; impossible.

hopelessness hope'less·ness n.
hopelessly hope'less·ly adv.

adjective

1. Having lost all hope: despairing, desperate, despondent, forlorn. See hope/despair.
2. Offering no hope or expectation of improvement: cureless, incurable, irremediable, irreparable. See hope/despair.

adj

Definition: futile, pessimistic
Antonyms: auspicious, bright, encouraging, expectant, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rosy

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IN BRIEF: Impossible. Also: Having no expectation for success.

There are no hopeless situations; there are only people who have grown hopeless about them. — Clare Boothe Luce (1903-1987)

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - håbløs, uduelig, umulig

Nederlands (Dutch)
hopeloos, wanhopig, onhandig, onmogelijk, vertwijfeld, uitzichtloos

Français (French)
adj. - désespéré, inextricable, incurable, nul (comme, avec), incapable (de faire), cas désespéré, incorrigible (hum)

Deutsch (German)
adj. - hoffnungslos

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - άπελπις, απελπισμένος, απεγνωσμένος, απελπιστικός, μάταιος, αδύνατος, αδιόρθωτος

Italiano (Italian)
disperato

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - desesperado

Русский (Russian)
безнадежный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - desesperado, imposible, desahuciado, inútil, perdido

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - hopplös, förtvivlad, ohjälplig

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
无希望的, 毫无办法的, 绝望的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 無希望的, 毫無辦法的, 絕望的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 희망을 잃은, 쓸모없는

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 絶望した, 見込みのない, 絶望的な, どうしようもない, 役に立たない

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) يائس, عضال, ميئوس, منه, مستحيل, متعذر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮חסר-תקווה, לאחר ייאוש, ללא תקנה, אבוד‬

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