'Hopeless' definitions:

Definition of 'hopeless'

(from WordNet)
adjective
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" [ant: hopeful]
adjective
Of a person unable to do something skillfully; "I'm hopeless at mathematics"
adjective
Certain to fail; "the situation is hopeless"
adjective
(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"

Definition of 'Hopeless'

From: GCIDE
  • Hopeless \Hope"less\, a.
  • 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster]
  • I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause. [1913 Webster]
  • The hopelessword of "never to return" Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Unhoped for; despaired of. [Obs.] --Marston. -- {Hope"less*ly}, adv. -- {Hope"less*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'hopeless'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Hopeless'