Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: hopeless
IPA transcription: [h'oʊpləs]
Pronunciations of hopeless
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: hopeless
    Meaning: 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"
Usage examples
  • Greedy, hopeless Earthlings."
  • 'We laity are hopeless, aren't we?
  • But I will proceed with my hopeless story.
  • To search for it did indeed seem hopeless.
  • On his face there came a grim and hopeless look.
  • Now, heaven is the hopeless thing, more hopeless than any hell.
  • It does look hopeless but, do you know, I haven't given up yet."
  • The beast looked at us and gave so hopeless a miau that I shuddered.
  • For the most part their attainment is hopeless and the results wretched.
  • We seem to be caught in a hopeless circle. However, Plato suggested a way out.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Octavia E. Butler, License CC BY-SA 4.0