different between hopeless vs completely
hopeless
English
Etymology
hope +? -less, compare Swedish hopplös.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?ho?pl?s/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h??pl?s/
- Hyphenation: hope?less
Adjective
hopeless (comparative more hopeless, superlative most hopeless)
- Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
- Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
- Without talent, not skilled.
- He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
- (of an adverse condition) Incurable.
- She is a hopeless romantic.
- He is a hopeless idler.
Usage notes
- Nouns to which "hopeless" is often applied: case, situation, romantic, love, cause, person, despair, life, undertaking, alcoholic, man, endeavor, place, pain, agony, project.
Synonyms
- desperate
- unhopeful
Antonyms
- hopeful
Translations
References
- hopeless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- hopeless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- hopeless at OneLook Dictionary Search
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completely
English
Etymology
complete +? -ly
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k?m?pli?tli/
- Hyphenation: com?plete?ly
Adverb
completely (comparative more completely, superlative most completely)
- (manner) In a complete manner
- 1969, E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., Silver Star Citation - John Kerry,
- Lieutenant (junior grade) KERRY immediately maneuvered his craft through several strafing runs which completely silenced the enemy.
- 1969, E.R. Zumwalt, Jr., Silver Star Citation - John Kerry,
- (degree) To the fullest extent or degree; totally.
- 1968 June 8, Edward M. Kennedy, Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy,
- Our future may lie beyond our vision, but it is not completely beyond our control.
- 1975, Helen Schucman, A Course in Miracles/Workbook for Students, Lesson 75: The light has come,
- Keep a completely open mind, washed of all past ideas and clean of every concept you have made.
- 1968 June 8, Edward M. Kennedy, Tribute to Senator Robert F. Kennedy,
Synonyms
- (in a complete manner): fully, totally, utterly
- (to the fullest degree): fully, totally, utterly
- See also Thesaurus:completely
Translations
completely From the web:
- what completely ionizes in solution
- what completely transformed scientific study
- what completely determines a normal distribution
- what completely dissociates in water
- what completely stops periods
- what completely changed the weaving of textiles
- what completely emptied your bowels
- what completely cleans blood
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