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What is another word for
hopeless
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Feeling or causing despair
Feeling deeply pessimistic about the future
Not capable of being redeemed
Very bad or incompetent
Incapable of being realized, achieved or solved
Without hope of having a positive result
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
Very poor or bad in standard or quality
Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully
Having lost confidence or hope
Not able to be changed
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome
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Adjective
▲
Feeling or causing despair
despairing
desperate
despondent
forlorn
dejected
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
disconsolate
downhearted
wretched
anguished
distressed
helpless
melancholic
miserable
morose
oppressed
sad
woebegone
abject
depressed
desolate
disheartened
dismal
dolorous
downbeat
downcast
gloomy
heartbroken
pained
tragic
upset
bleak
blue
brokenhearted
discouraging
doomed
negative
resigned
weary
sunk
unfortunate
unmitigable
inconsolable
melancholy
broken-hearted
in despair
without hope
grief-stricken
in pain
long-suffering
up the creek
pessimistic
defeatist
discouraged
suicidal
devastated
bearish
sorrowing
at the end of your tether
sorrowful
distraught
fraught
overcome
sullen
doubtful
at wits' end
anxious
frantic
heartbreaking
funereal
drear
teary
heartrending
somber
US
sorry
mournful
tearful
sombre
UK
dreary
saddening
comfortless
cheerless
grim
no-win
strabilious
cynical
can't win
weighed down
shot down
in the dumps
down in the dumps
in the soup
not a prayer
in the pits
at end of one's rope
more ❯
“He recalled the intense despair, the tears, and that
hopeless
cry for forgiveness.”
Adjective
▲
Feeling deeply pessimistic about the future
pessimistic
defeatist
bearish
gloomy
bleak
depressing
dark
dismal
glum
cheerless
lugubrious
downbeat
dreary
morbid
black
despairing
disheartening
sombre
UK
miserable
despondent
discouraging
morose
somber
US
sullen
negative
solemn
cynical
melancholy
depressed
drear
depressive
fatalistic
grim
desolate
funereal
gloom-ridden
saturnine
joyless
cold
disconsolate
forlorn
elegiac
sepulchral
comfortless
elegiacal
godforsaken
gray
US
drab
dreich
unhappy
grey
UK
foreboding
dire
alarmist
dejected
unpromising
dispiriting
murky
demoralized
US
wretched
tenebrous
tenebrific
plutonian
chill
darkening
troubled
sunless
suspicious
distrustful
doubting
sad
demoralised
UK
Cimmerian
grave
doleful
lonesome
lonely
mournful
dim
worrying
oppressive
harsh
bitter
austere
unfortunate
horrid
chilly
unenthusiastic
desperate
Eeyorish
unpropitious
inauspicious
uninviting
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
discouraged
resigned
cloudy
given to looking on the black side
unlikely
unencouraging
unhopeful
dispirited
unoptimistic
suicidal
doomy
looking on the dark side
looking on the black side
downhearted
doom-laden
full of despair
misanthropic
worried
doubtful
ominous
disadvantageous
portentous
mirthless
scaremongering
dismissive
anti
unwilling
antipathetic
uncooperative
unconstructive
obstructive
resistive
balky
resisting
cool
weak
uninterested
unresponsive
apathetic
panicky
exaggerated
hysterical
more ❯
“They weren't wasting time being cynical, or feeling
hopeless
about the future.”
Adjective
▲
Not capable of being redeemed
irremediable
incurable
incorrigible
irredeemable
irreparable
irreversible
lost
irrecoverable
irreformable
irretrievable
unrecoverable
unredeemable
unwavering
helpless
irrevocable
remediless
unchangeable
uncorrectable
uncurable
unfixable
unshakeable
cureless
fatal
fruitless
gone
grave
permanent
serious
terminal
beyond recovery
beyond remedy
beyond repair
despaired of
past cure
past remedy
beyond hope
beyond recall
ill-fated
past hope
unsalvageable
impossible
inveterate
irreclaimable
lasting
severe
written off
unrectifiable
unrestorable
unrepairable
unalterable
final
past mending
lost and gone
beyond cure
gone forever
beyond redemption
unreclaimable
absolute
unregainable
unsavable
deadly
unmitigable
mortal
complete
nowhere to go
out of time
bad
sad
worsening
beyond redress
given up
gone for ever
fallen
no-win
up the creek
cursed
wretched
irreplaceable
irremedial
broken
ruined
destroyed
accursed
doomed
condemned
excommunicated
vulnerable
past praying for
aimless
afflicted
blighted
alone
untreatable
inoperable
immedicable
chronic
persistent
dying
long-standing
long-term
critical
near death
constantly recurring
end-stage
on way out
malignant
lethal
beyond surgery
beyond treatment
more ❯
“I wanted to approach this book through the eyes of a
hopeless
optimist who sees the silver lining in every dark cloud.”
Adjective
▲
Very bad or incompetent
incompetent
useless
pathetic
appalling
atrocious
awful
dreadful
frightful
inadequate
inferior
lousy
terrible
abysmal
dire
duff
ineffective
ineffectual
rotten
bad
incapable
inept
pants
poor
rubbish
inproficient
unproficient
weak
very bad
very poor
no good
a dead loss
a load of pants
unable to do something for toffee
unable to do something to save one's life
futile
fruitless
unprofitable
pointless
vain
unproductive
profitless
worthless
unavailing
inefficacious
abortive
unsuccessful
idle
bootless
empty
valueless
in vain
purposeless
meaningless
otiose
hollow
failed
barren
impotent
counterproductive
inutile
doomed
to no avail
of no use
wasted
feckless
senseless
to no purpose
impractical
lost
to no effect
aimless
nugatory
thwarted
insignificant
unhelpful
inefficient
trifling
forlorn
inoperative
unusable
expendable
unpurposed
powerless
irrelevant
needless
foiled
unfruitful
trivial
dysfunctional
purportless
footling
impracticable
unimportant
sterile
frustrated
good-for-nothing
frivolous
losing
self-defeating
without rhyme or reason
feeble
inexpedient
stymied
hamstrung
lame
unworkable
nonfunctional
hindered
stonewalled
obstructed
unfunctional
unfructuous
scrap
stupid
disadvantageous
unable
inconsequential
paltry
non-successful
unreasonable
void
mindless
delusive
fouled up
on a treadmill
wasteful
bungled
bungling
maladaptive
unsuitable
inane
unserviceable
nonsensical
absurd
groundless
stillborn
nonpractical
dysregulated
unbeneficial
broken
junky
unuseful
inoperable
self-sabotaging
insubstantial
uneconomic
unrewarding
insane
fatuous
baseless
self-destructive
helpless
impossible
petty
casual
not useful
baulked
UK
rambling
unfounded
misfired
redundant
nongermane
superfluous
unnecessary
unremunerative
Sisyphean
unsatisfactory
unsubstantial
unreal
insufficient
resultless
exhausted
unneeded
ill-fated
bleak
lacking foundation
no dice
frustaneous
unlucrative
dry
gainless
no good to gundy
time-wasting
cramped
defeated
unachievable
no-win
in vicious circle
puny
misleading
slight
unnotable
not a prayer
going nowhere
without success
delusory
balked
US
of no avail
waste
without grounds
not serious
without foundation
unavailable
not pertinent
blocked
beyond remedy
desperate
despaired of
despairing
unlikely
unmeaning
unsound
unrealistic
pious
unduly optimistic
null
limited
anticlimactic
unfit
indecisive
forceless
withered
defeasible
innocuous
neutralized
US
neutralised
UK
no-go
not effective
more ❯
“He's managing to pay the rent on his one-room apartment, even if he is a
hopeless
slob.”
Adjective
▲
Incapable of being realized, achieved or solved
impossible
unattainable
implausible
inconceivable
unfeasible
unobtainable
unrealizable
unviable
futile
insoluble
insolvable
insuperable
outlandish
unachievable
undoable
unreasonable
unsolvable
unworkable
inaccessible
unreachable
unwinnable
far-fetched
non-viable
impracticable
unimaginable
unthinkable
out of the question
preposterous
insurmountable
absurd
ridiculous
infeasible
impervious
impassable
inexecutable
beyond one
not on
impractical
irrealizable
outrageous
ludicrous
no-way
no-go
not worth considering
hardly possible
hundred-to-one
too much
beyond the bounds of possibility
way out
not a prayer
contrary to reason
irresoluble
not feasible
visionary
useless
unsuitable
improbable
irresolvable
incomprehensible
unacceptable
no-win
highly unlikely
beyond the realm of reason
not remotely possible
vain
forlorn
incredible
illogical
inextricable
unfathomable
difficult
inexplicable
impenetrable
unknowable
unexcogitable
inscrutable
risible
crazy
farcical
irrational
paradoxical
wild
laughable
unbelievable
beyond you
not to be thought of
like herding cats
not possible
hare-brained
uncompleteable
unaccomplishable
unmanageable
unexecuteable
unfulfillable
not doable
unavailable
ungettable
inconvenient
not at hand
incompletable
unfinishable
un-get-at-able
out-of-reach
hard to find
out of stock
inapproachable
untouchable
unapproachable
elusive
beyond reach
more ❯
“I had always dreamed of an acting career, yet I always felt that it was a
hopeless
goal.”
Adjective
▲
Without hope of having a positive result
impossible
forlorn
futile
useless
impracticable
pointless
vain
unworkable
bootless
parlous
unpromising
beyond hope
no-win
not having a prayer
with no chance of success
failed
unsuccessful
unavailing
nugatory
unachievable
unattainable
purposeless
luckless
“I don't believe your situation is as
hopeless
as you think.”
Adjective
▲
Causing distress, sadness or anxiety
dreadful
unfortunate
tragic
distressing
dire
woeful
lamentable
grievous
miserable
grim
appalling
deplorable
regrettable
heartbreaking
sad
wretched
dismal
harrowing
upsetting
distressful
painful
disturbing
heartrending
unlucky
agonizing
US
traumatic
difficult
worrying
bitter
troublesome
depressing
gloomy
disquieting
shocking
pitiful
bleak
cheerless
poor
sombre
UK
troubling
disheartening
somber
US
tragical
tormenting
unsettling
unhappy
doleful
dreary
disappointing
perturbing
discomforting
sorry
excruciating
hurtful
stressful
alarming
morose
nasty
discouraging
poignant
worrisome
afflicting
joyless
saddening
desolate
frightening
sorrowful
oppressive
comfortless
glum
unnerving
pitiable
vexatious
melancholy
drab
crushing
discomposing
dispiriting
rueful
afflictive
depressive
troublous
agitating
melancholic
funereal
demoralising
UK
demoralizing
US
disconsolate
nagging
dejecting
dispirited
dolesome
dolorous
mirthless
agonising
UK
cold
confronting
lachrymose
heart-rending
gut-wrenching
nerve-racking
heart-breaking
nail-biting
nerve-wracking
heart-wrenching
awful
terrible
bad
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
pathetic
dark
calamitous
unpleasant
forlorn
solemn
horrible
unpropitious
jinxed
cursed
inauspicious
disastrous
ill-fated
rotten
lousy
ominous
drear
mournful
doomed
grave
foreboding
black
luckless
hapless
direful
sullen
adverse
ill-starred
frightful
ill-omened
disagreeable
abject
horrendous
atrocious
abysmal
morbid
parlous
chronic
ghastly
inferior
unwelcome
execrable
desperate
daunting
uninviting
star-crossed
horrific
egregious
displeasing
austere
afflicted
troubled
disconcerting
off-putting
out of luck
forbidding
horrid
disgraceful
crummy
blue
piteous
disadvantageous
contemptible
godawful
destitute
infelicitous
severe
diabolical
rubbish
woebegone
sepulchral
harsh
unpromising
uncomfortable
objectionable
perilous
inept
hard
ruined
mean
horrifying
tough
critical
depressed
serious
inopportune
gray
US
distressed
godforsaken
shoddy
god-awful
grey
UK
sinister
catastrophic
forsaken
unprosperous
macabre
irksome
shameful
pessimistic
awkward
lugubrious
in a bad way
inadequate
derisory
laughable
doubtful
snakebitten
abominable
saturnine
intolerable
lonesome
snakebit
hostile
elegiacal
plutonian
mediocre
loathsome
Cimmerian
hard luck
unsatisfactory
worthless
shabby
odious
dejected
bodeful
negative
down
dangerous
ruinous
nightmarish
dour
stricken
inhospitable
exacting
exigent
precarious
sucky
condemned
discommodious
chilling
baleful
lame
dirty
murky
sorrowing
cataclysmic
portentous
tenebrous
blighted
tenebrific
lonely
second-rate
dreich
third-rate
very bad
chill
cruel
elegiac
disenchanting
sunless
torturous
feeble
pits
dismaying
outrageous
down in the dumps
ill-boding
sober
ugly
pants
hairy
frustrating
irretrievable
scurvy
mortifying
humourless
UK
humorless
US
distasteful
derisible
squalid
broken
pained
shattered
unsuccessful
vexing
burdened
a load of pants
downcast
abhorrent
galling
unpalatable
unamusing
aggravating
uncongenial
unpleasing
hurting
heartbroken
despondent
hellish
unkind
dingy
grieving
inconsolable
crestfallen
mourning
anguished
downhearted
untimely
devastated
despairing
foul
indigent
scungy
impoverished
detestable
low
outcast
stark
darkening
bedevilled
UK
lost
tearful
broken-hearted
grief-stricken
teary
undone
bewitched
sinistrous
baneful
dubious
unhopeful
ridiculous
cloudy
absurd
ludicrous
hexed
bedeviled
US
sickening
silly
straitened
unfriendly
hard-pressed
lurid
shadowy
down in the mouth
tortured
harmful
undesirable
long-faced
full of hardship
foolish-looking
done for
strained
low-spirited
under a curse
treacherous
injurious
sad sack
pressing
messy
jeopardous
apocalyptic
rocky
sordid
untoward
damaging
unbecoming
unsuitable
inappropriate
sedate
duff
bungling
ignominious
heavy
ropy
poxy
bum
punk
creepy
moving
hazardous
risky
acute
inexcusable
dicey
meagre
UK
trying
taxing
meager
US
cheap
plangent
pensive
paltry
despicable
unstable
dodgy
tear-jerking
downbeat
terrifying
scary
fearsome
grubby
affecting
testing
cruddy
fearful
gruesome
useless
misfortunate
trashy
filthy
intimidating
hideous
beastly
God-awful
formidable
irredeemable
ill-timed
irritable
bewildering
ratty
degrading
unspeakable
redoubtable
scummy
scabby
looking on the black side
acheronian
acherontic
dread
poverty-stricken
mephitical
repellant
repellent
annoying
perplexing
revulsive
irritating
repugnant
sneaking
too bad
ill-chosen
sulky
base
vile
terrific
moping
well below par
threatening
extreme
plaintive
voodooed
loser
fierce
in low spirits
in the dumps
behind the eightball
down on luck
poor fish
jonah
infernal
anathematized
oppressing
spine-chilling
disadvantaged
hair-raising
heinous
accursed
fated
dreamy
regretful
grotty
wistful
done
kaput
kaputt
rekt
saddened
spiritless
brokenhearted
droopy
heavyhearted
heartsick
hangdog
heartsore
choked
gutted
shagged
helpless
bummed
sour
powerless
cut up
in the pits
cast down
down-and-out
chap-fallen
downtrodden
foredoomed
fey
destroyed
wrecked
arsed
disaster-prone
being a dead duck
having received the kiss of death
screwed
Donald Ducked
devastating
destructive
cataclysmal
fatal
grisly
monstrous
brutal
damning
savage
fateful
fraught
hellacious
revolting
detrimental
deadly
shattering
gross
crippling
devastative
mortal
annihilatory
catastrophal
vicious
oppressed
concerning
offensive
stinking
unbearable
disgusting
unacceptable
lethal
pitiless
ruthless
merciless
earth-shattering
menacing
ill-advised
unsightly
onerous
overwhelming
repulsive
nauseating
pernicious
deathly
reprehensible
nauseous
peracute
ravaging
deleterious
wounding
sore
blameworthy
violent
annihilative
dystopian
unsuited
inapt
life-threatening
ill-suited
gory
substandard
stony
bothersome
crying
iniquitous
grotesque
discommoding
unadvantageous
nefarious
startling
scandalous
monumental
glaring
rough
flagrant
haunting
rugged
inimical
flagitious
tearing
sharp
convulsionary
hateful
abortive
burdensome
unsavory
US
drastic
wrong
unforgiving
icky
obnoxious
unendurable
significant
harassing
uncool
yukky
grody
unappealing
yucky
stiff
inhuman
unsavoury
UK
unlovely
sobering
gnawing
weighty
terribly bad
searing
anti-utopian
noxious
murderous
hardhanded
backbreaking
profound
consequential
a pity
hefty
maleficent
eradicative
inconvenient
minatory
doomy
rough going
extremely bad
blighting
desolating
annihilating
unseasonable
stunning
staggering
ill
death-dealing
unbefitting
improper
paralysing
UK
paralyzing
US
inexpedient
indecorous
injudicious
tactless
very great
unseemly
doom and gloom
undue
ill-considered
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Very poor or bad in standard or quality
lousy
inferior
poor
bad
terrible
wretched
substandard
mediocre
shoddy
rotten
unsatisfactory
dreadful
awful
execrable
miserable
inadequate
deficient
appalling
atrocious
trashy
cheap
unacceptable
rubbishy
pathetic
junky
abysmal
subpar
rubbish
suboptimal
common
dissatisfactory
frightful
useless
dismal
wanting
duff
worthless
bum
punk
schlocky
schlock
faulty
horrible
sleazy
cheapjack
pants
wrong
gimcrack
trumpery
wack
coarse
cheesy
crumby
bush
poxy
off
sour
incompetent
sucky
unspeakable
bodger
tinhorn
desperate
careless
harmful
slovenly
second-rate
low-grade
low-rent
bargain-basement
two-bit
cut-rate
very bad
bush-league
no good
not up to scratch
a load of pants
el cheapo
dime-a-dozen
piss-poor
not much cop
for the birds
strictly for the birds
crummy
dire
lamentable
laughable
pitiful
woeful
deplorable
chronic
diabolical
third-rate
disgraceful
pits
abominable
God-awful
defective
not up to snuff
imperfect
second-class
sorry
not up to par
ropy
sad
amateurish
disappointing
ineffectual
low-quality
below par
paltry
garbage
shameful
abject
inept
egregious
under par
ineffective
poor-quality
poor quality
less-than-stellar
lame
insufficient
negligent
low
rough
cruddy
grody
grungy
meager
US
hellacious
meagre
UK
shabby
sub-par
weak
below standard
not good
very poor
a dead loss
unable to do something for toffee
shocking
hideous
godawful
bungling
regrettable
unsound
grim
unfortunate
impaired
amiss
from hell
grotty
ghastly
broken
inexpert
inefficient
reduced
limited
impotent
little
flawed
feeble
lacking
insubstantial
restricted
inappreciable
inconsiderable
sparing
piddling
subnormal
crude
contemptible
under-strength
pitiable
unsuitable
dodgy
tatty
disastrous
unimpressive
intolerable
inadmissible
cheapo
dubious
questionable
damnable
stinking
insupportable
scurrilous
condemnable
out
irremediable
indefensible
inacceptable
reject
below average
tenth-rate
second rate
from hunger
not up to standard
of poor quality
of low quality
half-baked
not on
won't do
ill
disagreeable
direful
junk
base
lemon
leaving much to be desired
nasty
not up to much
unworthy
jerry-built
displeasing
tawdry
average
indifferent
downmarket
middling
tinny
ordinary
unexceptional
pedestrian
hack
distressing
good-for-nothing
the pits
poorer
cheap and nasty
tacky
déclassé
unsatisfying
damaged
not good enough
half-pie
dirty
grubby
low-end
trifling
minimal
insignificant
beastly
no great shakes
hateful
poorly
off-colour
UK
detestable
sketchy
craptacular
ratty
scabby
scummy
scurvy
mean
iffy
horrendous
calamitous
failing
insufferable
undesirable
horrid
repulsive
objectionable
off-color
US
valueless
found wanting
end-of-the-pier
gross
not acceptable
weak sauce
minor league
minor-league
small potatoes
no-good
not satisfying
crook
out of sorts
loathsome
sick
off colour
vile
unskilful
commonplace
doubtful
uncomfortable
unpleasant
dissatisfying
naff
negligible
grievous
patchy
ropey
unrefined
unpolished
dilapidated
second-best
trivial
revolting
impermissible
inappropriate
second class
repellant
repellent
not cutting it
less than ideal
yucky
disturbing
disconcerting
disquieting
incomplete
scrappy
cheapie
ailing
not up to expectations
flimsy
shlocky
seedy
shlock
unsightly
sordid
godforsaken
cheap-jack
of a sort
slipshod
unhappy
disreputable
not okay
bereft
blah
underwhelming
hellish
rancid
disgustful
rebarbative
loathly
run down
down at heel
second string
second fiddle
third string
sneaking
despicable
heartbreaking
bad news
raunchy
downer
icky
odious
diddly
fallacious
bummer
erroneous
not the best
reprehensible
stinky
low quality
bad quality
anticlimactic
low cost
unfulfilling
leaving a lot to be desired
overwhelming
scandalous
horrifying
unbearable
sickening
afflictive
bathetic
distasteful
uninteresting
falling short
not all it's cracked up to be
disillusioning
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not having or showing the necessary skills to do something successfully
incompetent
inept
inexpert
incapable
unskilled
unfit
inadequate
useless
unqualified
amateurish
ineffectual
inferior
unskillful
unskilful
ineffective
bungling
unfitted
amateur
substandard
inexperienced
clumsy
inapt
pathetic
inefficient
unable
untrained
deficient
unproficient
unprofessional
maladroit
blundering
awkward
wanting
unequipped
unsuitable
unhandy
floundering
insufficient
cowboy
lacking
ineligible
disqualified
raw
incapacitated
unapt
undependable
helpless
unadapted
uninitiated
unreliable
farcical
unworkmanlike
no good
cack-handed
not equal to
ham-fisted
a dead loss
not good enough
lacking ability
not up to scratch
bush-league
skill-less
not much cop
not cut out for
not up to snuff
leaving much to be desired
not up to it
less capable
not have it
out to lunch
unable to do something for toffee
weak
inefficacious
impotent
bad
inproficient
worthless
powerless
bum
feeble
poor
unsatisfactory
unequal
lousy
butterfingers
unsuited
defective
unproductive
green
hapless
feckless
shiftless
imperfect
faulty
duff
naive
not equipped to
not up to
unequal to the task
out of your depth
not know one's arse from one's elbow
not much chop
lacking experience
no great shakes
ill-suited
futile
incompatible
broken
flimsy
inconsistent
inexpedient
junk
improper
inconvenient
inadmissible
inappropriate
not proper
incommodious
unadvantageous
limited
bumbling
ungraceful
klutzy
crude
undexterous
unfacile
gauche
rough
botched
unsuccessful
wooden
fumbled
butterfingered
artless
ham-handed
heavy-handed
all fingers and thumbs
all thumbs
inapposite
wrong
infelicitous
malapropos
unbefitting
not qualified
undesirable
unprepared
not cut out
non-qualified
untaught
bush
not prepared
ill-equipped
unseemly
unbecoming
incongruous
indecorous
incorrect
untoward
amiss
unacceptable
graceless
perverse
unfitting
unhappy
discordant
clashing
undue
inadequate for
ineligible for
ill-suited to
unsuitable for
unequipped for
unfitted for
unprepared for
inappropriate to
ill-adapted
inapplicable
not designed
not designed for
unsuited to
ill-adapted to
counterproductive
irrelevant
hamstrung
jarring
inharmonious
discrepant
meagre
UK
meager
US
unimpressive
unseasonable
uncalled-for
dissonant
out of character
unmatched
disagreeable
disparate
out of place
out of keeping
unflattering
interfering
senseless
disproportionate
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having lost confidence or hope
discouraged
dejected
depressed
despondent
sad
downcast
disconsolate
disheartened
gloomy
dispirited
down
glum
crestfallen
blue
melancholy
low
heartsick
demoralised
UK
demoralized
US
disappointed
pessimistic
heartsore
crushed
dismayed
daunted
downbeat
cowed
intimidated
deflated
deterred
dashed
unenthusiastic
unconfident
unenthused
beat
low-spirited
cast down
fed up
down in the mouth
chap-fallen
down in the dumps
in the dumps
let down
put off
sick as a parrot
beat-down
caved-in
come-apart
down-in-mouth
having lost heart
lacking in confidence
lacking in enthusiasm
lost momentum
with cold feet
in a funk
gone to pieces
in blue funk
unhappy
miserable
downhearted
saddened
forlorn
distressed
sorrowful
doleful
woebegone
mournful
wretched
woeful
heartbroken
melancholic
joyless
inconsolable
dismal
sorry
brokenhearted
heavyhearted
choked
despairing
hangdog
droopy
bad
chapfallen
upset
shot down
morose
oppressed
cheerless
defeatist
unsatisfied
dolorous
in despair
in low spirits
disillusioned
discontented
desperate
dissatisfied
disgruntled
disenchanted
disconcerted
frustrated
discomfited
miffed
hurt
displeased
chagrined
aghast
beaten
gutted
disturbed
perturbed
bothered
irked
baulked
UK
objecting
worsted
vanquished
balked
US
cut up
taken down
in pain
in the pits
spiritless
unhopeful
defeated
negative
grieving
desolate
mourning
Eeyorish
griefstricken
damp
hurting
destroyed
ripped
unoptimistic
cast-down
unconsolable
bummed-out
discontent
in a blue funk
all torn up
heavy-hearted
grief-stricken
broken-hearted
long-faced
in the doldrums
brassed off
cheesed off
torn-up
moody
troubled
dragged
dull
listless
sunk
mopey
brooding
bummed out
weighed down
down-in-the-mouth
singing the blues
grieved
emotional
distraught
unnerved
sullen
broken
shaken
anguished
tearful
shattered
devastated
bereaved
sombre
UK
somber
US
sapped
humbled
subdued
aggrieved
tristful
thrown
shook up
down-hearted
saturnine
worried
overwhelmed
discomposed
uptight
flustered
rattled
annoyed
rueful
discountenanced
teary
wistful
weepy
overcome
devitalized
antsy
overwrought
abject
lugubrious
downtrodden
in doldrums
in tears
in grief
uneasy
undeceived
sulky
cynical
disabused
soured
embittered
sick
traumatized
US
jaundiced
browbeaten
angry
grumpy
agitated
anxious
bitter
disquieted
unsettled
ruffled
vexed
confused
mirthless
dour
sepulchral
muddled
shocked
irritated
traumatised
UK
aflutter
tense
pensive
adust
frightened
inconvenienced
alarmed
crabbed
mopish
broody
out of love
angered
nervous
atwitter
apprehensive
black
morbid
mentally defeated
sick at heart
down in dumps
triste
languid
hung up
ill at ease
in a tizzy
gray
US
broken up
languorous
grey
UK
comfortless
pained
cross
undermined
choked up
tormented
concerned
afflicted
shook
burnt
discombobulated
burned
bugged
sore
contused
drained
put down
humiliated
suffering
excited
overemotional
abashed
sheepish
depressive
weakened
unmanned
heart-sick
godforsaken
bleak
irrational
histrionic
hysterical
solemn
reeling
dreary
moping
weary
surly
ugly
grievous
taken aback
agonised
UK
falling apart
crabby
languished
having blue devils
out of sorts
dysphoric
bowed down
down in mouth
having the blahs
hapless
regretful
misanthropic
shamefaced
punctured
sour
clouded
dampened
atrabilious
drooping
sagging
heavy
churlish
in a state of shock
blue funk
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
feeling down
full of gloom
crummy
elegiac
down and out
agonized
US
funereal
elegiacal
horrified
let-down
world-weary
sadder and wiser
brought down to earth
shell-shocked
emotionally defeated
indifferent
disenthralled
knowing
disentranced
blasé
frantic
offended
insecure
dithery
queasy
queazy
nervy
fretted
edgy
jumpy
jittery
unquiet
unglued
hassled
verklempt
hinky
goosey
unzipped
wounded
put out
in disorder
amazed
set straight
come apart
at sixes and sevens
psyched out
het up
sick of
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Not able to be changed
incurable
inveterate
dyed-in-the-wool
confirmed
entrenched
established
long-established
long-standing
absolute
complete
deep-rooted
diehard
incorrigible
out-and-out
thorough
thoroughgoing
utter
committed
dedicated
devoted
faithful
firm
loyal
staunch
steadfast
unshakeable
unswerving
deep-dyed
full-bore
true blue
unapologetic
unashamed
unfaltering
unrepentant
unwavering
arrant
card-carrying
right-down
through and through
beyond hope
eternal
irrepressible
undying
mad keen
dyed-in-the wool
keen as mustard
chronic
persistent
habitual
hardened
pathological
obsessive
compulsive
irredeemable
obsessional
addicted
hooked
dependent
seasoned
regular
unreformable
shameless
congenital
brassbound
traditional
bred-in-the-bone
ingrained
true
hardcore
die-hard
hard-core
out and out
uncompromising
old-fashioned
fixed
instilled
reactionary
orthodox
unchangeable
infixed
unprogressive
ultraconservative
conservative
paleoconservative
traditionalistic
hidebound
standpat
deep-seated
archconservative
well-established
full-fledged
deep-down
through-and-through
deeply ingrained
enduring
fogyish
stubborn
button-down
buttoned-down
old-line
old-school
abiding
ineradicable
habituated
genuine
unfading
traditionalist
mossbacked
constant
conformist
to the core
intransigent
unchanging
unreformed
unreconstructed
obstinate
intractable
recidivous
rooted
proved
accustomed
accepted
recurrent
irradicable
frequent
right
Tory
adamant
indelible
settled
embedded
set
by habit
conventional
inexorable
deep
irremovable
immutable
fortified
convinced
extremist
philistine
well established
deep-set
dug in
set firm
illiberal
unadventurous
stable
fundamentalist
moderate
conventionalist
old line
hard hat
set in one's ways
old guard
stick in the mud
fuddy-duddy
middle-of-the-road
resolute
allegiant
ardent
devout
pious
stalwart
down-the-line
true-blue
blimpish
ultra-conservative
hard-line
stick-in-the-mud
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Incapable of being passed over, surmounted, or overcome
insurmountable
invincible
unconquerable
unbeatable
invulnerable
indomitable
impregnable
insuperable
unassailable
unstoppable
bulletproof
impassable
overwhelming
undefeatable
impossible
challenging
ineluctable
unmasterable
no-win
forget it
no way
not a prayer
secure
unsurpassable
unyielding
unshakeable
strong
impenetrable
impervious
indestructible
safe
inviolable
unattackable
irresistible
untouchable
irrepressible
unflinching
indefatigable
supreme
firm
powerful
impermeable
unshakable
unnavigable
blocked
unpassable
inaccessible
closed
blockaded
obstructed
untraversable
enduring
indefeasible
undefeated
unattainable
intractable
resistant
innate
inexpugnable
insusceptible
above criticism
immune
fortified
solid
proof against
safe and sound
immovable
stout
well fortified
matchless
well defended
unsurpassed
peerless
unmatched
excellent
outstanding
unexcelled
not beatable
unbending
relentless
unrelenting
unsurmountable
overpowering
persisting
persistent
inevitable
inescapable
persevering
inexorable
dauntless
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