hopeless

“in an agony of hopeless grief”

“with a hopeless sigh he sat down”

Synonyms: discouraging
depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; abject, unhopeful
showing utter resignation or hopelessness; black, bleak, dim
offering little or no hope; despairing, desperate
arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope; despondent, heartsick
without or almost without hope; forlorn
marked by or showing hopelessness; futureless
having no prospect or hope of a future; helpless, lost
unable to function; without help; insoluble
without hope of solution; pessimistic
expecting the worst possible outcome; impossible
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

Antonyms:: hopeful
having or manifesting hope; encouraging
giving courage or confidence or hope; anticipant, anticipative, expectant
marked by eager anticipation; optimistic
expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds; show more antonyms...

“the situation is hopeless”

Synonyms: impossible
not capable of occurring or being accomplished or dealt with

“I'm hopeless at mathematics”

Synonyms: unskilled
not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency

“she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers”

“he is a hopeless romantic”

DEFINITIONS OF: hopeless