hopeless
/hoʊplɪs/
adjective
8 letters2 syllables13 points in Scrabble®14 points in WWF®
DEFINITIONS4
ADJECTIVE
1
Certain to fail.
“the situation is hopeless”
2
(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”
3
Of a person unable to do something skillfully.
“I'm hopeless at mathematics”
4
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”
WORD FORMS
Related formhopelessness
GAME SCORES
Scrabble®13 points
Words With Friends®14 points
Double word26 points
Triple word39 points
GOOD TO KNOW
Pig Latinopelesshay
Starts & ends withH … S
Syllableshope · less
SYNONYMS & RELATED19
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