different between hopeless vs nevertheless

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)

1. Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.

3. Without talent, not skilled.

   He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
4. (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

English

Alternative forms

• ne'ertheless (trisyllabic; archaic or poetic)

Etymology

From Middle English nevertheles, never-þe-les, nevere-þe-lesse, equivalent to never (“not at all”) +? the +? less; compare never the wiser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v?ð?l?s/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?n?v?ð?l?s/

Adverb

nevertheless (not comparable)

1. (conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.

Synonyms

• (in spite of what preceded): even so, however, nonetheless, still, though, yet, notwithstanding; see also Thesaurus:nevertheless

Translations

Further reading

• nevertheless in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• nevertheless in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.