Hopeless Synonyms

65 hopeless synonyms include despairing, without hope, in despair, desperate, dejected, downhearted, despondent, demoralized, disconsolate, and downcast. Hopeless is an adjective, and its antonyms are optimistic, remediable, curable, and hopeful. Here are some additional synonyms for "hopeless" with example sentences.

Another word for Hopeless

65 other ways to say hopeless.

1. despairing

  • wretched  
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  • woebegone  
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  • without hope  
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  • with no chance of success  
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  • vain  
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  • useless
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  • unworkable  
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  • resigned  
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  • pointless
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  • pessimistic
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  • past cure  
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  • parlous  
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  • no-win  
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  • negative
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  • lost
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  • irreversible  
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  • irreparable  
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  • irremediable  
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  • in despair  
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  • incurable  
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  • incorrigible  
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  • impracticable  
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  • impossible
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  • grave
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  • futile  
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  • forlorn  
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  • fatal  
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  • downhearted  
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  • downcast  
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  • disconsolate  
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  • despondent  
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  • desperate
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  • despairing  
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  • despaired of  
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  • demoralized  
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  • dejected  
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  • defeatist  
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  • deadly
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  • bootless  
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  • beyond repair  
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  • beyond remedy  
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  • beyond recovery  
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  • beyond hope  
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2. awful

Use hopeless in a Sentence

He felt hopeless after the loss.

She grew hopeless about the outcome.

The situation seemed completely hopeless today.