hopeless

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈhəʊplɪs/
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• General-American: /ˈhoʊplɪs/
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• rhymes with -əʊplɪs
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• CMU ARPABET: HH OW1 P L AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-West Germanic *tōhopōnder. Old English tōhopa Old English hopa Middle English hope English hope Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English hopeless From hope + -less. Compare Swedish hopplös.

62 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: hopeloos — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Armenian: անհույս (anhuys) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Bulgarian: безнадежден (beznadežden) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Catalan: desesperat — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Chinese Mandarin: 沒有希望的 /没有希望的 (méiyǒu xīwàng de) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Chinese Mandarin: 絕望的 /绝望的 (juéwàng de) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Czech: beznadějný — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Danish: håbløs — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Dutch: hopeloos — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Dutch: uitzichtloos — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Dutch: kansloos — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Esperanto: senespera — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Faroese: vónleysur — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Faroese: hopleysur — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Finnish: toivoton — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• French: désespéré — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Galician: desesperado — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Georgian: უიმედო (uimedo) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• German: hoffnungslos — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Greek: ανέλπιδος (anélpidos) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Ancient Greek: ἀνέλπιστος (anélpistos) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Hungarian: reménytelen — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Hungarian: reményvesztett — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Irish: éadóchasach — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Italian: disperato — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Japanese: 絶望した (zetsubō shita) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Japanese: 絶望的な (zetsubōteki na) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Kazakh: үмітсіз (ümıtsız) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Central Kurdish: نا ئومێد (na umêd) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Northern Kurdish: bêhêvî — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Latin: desperatus — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Latvian: bezcerīgs — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Lithuanian: beviltiškas — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Macedonian: безнадежен (beznadežen) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Malay: putus asa — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Norwegian Bokmål: håpløs — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Norwegian Bokmål: håplaus — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Norwegian Bokmål: vonløs — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Norwegian Bokmål: vonlaus — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: vonlaus — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Norwegian Nynorsk: håplaus — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Persian: ناامید (nâ-omid) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Plautdietsch: hopnungslooss — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Polish: beznadziejny — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Portuguese: desesperado — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Portuguese: desesperançado — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Romanian: deznădăjduit — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Romanian: disperat — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Russian: безнадёжный (beznadjóžnyj) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Spanish: desesperado — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Spanish: desesperanzado — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Spanish: sin esperanza — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Spanish: sin esperanzas — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Swedish: hopplös — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Thai: หมดหวัง (mòt-wǎng) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Thai: สิ้นหวัง (sîn-wǎng) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Turkish: umutsuz — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Turkish: ümitsiz — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Turkish: nevmit — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Ukrainian: безнаді́йний (beznadíjnyj) — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Welsh: anobeithiol — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing
• Welsh: diobaith — destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing