hopeless B1 Topic:Emotions & Feelings Also spelled Opeless US /ˈhoʊplɪs/ UK /ˈhəʊplɪs/ See IPA manual Freq #4716 Meanings 1 adj With no chance of success or improvement. After the third defeat, the situation seemed hopeless. 2 adj Very bad at doing something. I'm hopeless at mathematics. 3 adj Feeling no hope; in despair. She felt lonely and hopeless after losing her job. Thesaurus Synonyms desperateforlornunhopeful ↔ Opposites hopeful Word family Derived forms hopelesslyhopelessness Common collocations hopeless romantic Adjective + noun otherwise hopeless Adverb + adjective Etymology AI details From hope + -less, compare Swedish hopplös. Topics Emotions & Feelings External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # hopeless **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈhoʊplɪs/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈhəʊplɪs/ **Frequency rank:** 4716 ## Meanings 1. With no chance of success or improvement. 2. Very bad at doing something. 3. Feeling no hope; in despair. ## Examples - After the third defeat, the situation seemed hopeless. - I'm hopeless at mathematics. - She felt lonely and hopeless after losing her job. ## Synonyms - desperate - forlorn - unhopeful ## Antonyms - hopeful ## Derived Forms - hopelessly - hopelessness ## Roots and Affixes - Affix: -less - without ## Etymology From hope + -less, compare Swedish hopplös. ## AI Etymology Hopeless comes from hope + -less, compare Swedish hopplös. The analysis is mainly morphological: the modern adjectival form is built from the named base and affix. In current use, the main senses are “With no chance of success or improvement” and “Very bad at doing something”. ## Topics - Emotions & Feelings markdown