- 1
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
- I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.
- And he a prince; To marry him is hopeleſſe;
- 2
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
- My mind is a camera / Camela mon camela ambra / It brings into focus / The dreams of kings / And even the hopeless
- 3
Without talent, not skilled.
- He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
- 4
Of an adverse condition, incurable.figuratively
- She is a hopeless romantic.
- He is a hopeless idler.
syn. desperate · unhopeful · forlorn · black
ant. hopeful