different between irremediable vs hopeless

English

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin irremedi?bilis, surface analysis ir- +? remediable.

Adjective

irremediable (comparative more irremediable, superlative most irremediable)

1. Unable to be remedied, cured, corrected or repaired; irreparable, incurable.

Derived terms

• irremediableness
• irremediably

Translations

Asturian

Etymology

From Latin irremedi?bilis.

Adjective

irremediable (epicene, plural irremediables)

1. irremediable

Galician

Alternative forms

• irremediábel

Etymology

From Latin irremedi?bilis.

Adjective

irremediable m or f (plural irremediables)

1. irremediable

Antonyms

• remediable, remediábel

Derived terms

• irremediablemente

Middle French

Adjective

irremediable m or f (plural irremediables)

1. irremediable

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin irremedi?bilis.

Adjective

irremediable (plural irremediables)

1. irremediable

   Antonym: remediable

Derived terms

• irremediablemente

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