Hopeless vs. Hopeful — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Hopeless and Hopeful
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Hopeless
Having no hope; despairing
Lost hikers who felt hopeless.
Hopeful
Having or manifesting hope.
Hopeless
Characterized by despair
Hopeless resignation.
Hopeful
Inspiring hope; promising.
Hopeless
Having no possibility of being solved or dealt with; impossible
A hopeless problem.
A hopeless disease.
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Hopeful
A person who aspires to success or who shows promise of succeeding, especially as a political candidate
A group of presidential hopefuls.
Hopeless
Having no hope or chance of changing or improving
A hopeless romantic.
A hopeless procrastinator.
Hopeful
Feeling hope
I have been very hopeful.
I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.
Hopeless
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
Hopeful
Inspiring hope
It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again.
Hopeless
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
A hopeless cause
Hopeful
Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.
Hopeless
Without talent, not skilled.
He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
Hopeful
Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited.
Hopeless
(of an adverse condition) Incurable.
She is a hopeless romantic.
He is a hopeless idler.
Hopeful
Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.
Hopeless
Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.
I am a woman, friendless, hopeless.
Hopeful
An ambitious and aspiring young person;
A lofty aspirant
Two executive hopefuls joined the firm
The audience was full of Madonna wannabes
Hopeless
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.
The hopelessword of "never to return"Breathe I against thee, upon pain of life.
Hopeful
Having or manifesting or inspiring hope;
A line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets
Found a hopeful way of attacking the problem
Hopeless
Unhoped for; despaired of.
Hopeful
Presaging good fortune;
She made a fortunate decision to go to medical school
Rosy predictions
Hopeless
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
Hopeless
Of a person unable to do something skillfully;
I'm hopeless at mathematics
Hopeless
Certain to fail;
The situation is hopeless
Hopeless
(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
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