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English-russian dctionary of diplomacy. 2014.
English-russian dctionary of diplomacy. 2014.
Hopeless — Hope less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster] I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
hopeless — adjective a) Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shakespeare. b) Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate. A hopeless cause. Syn … Wiktionary
hopeless — adj. VERBS ▪ be, look, seem ▪ feel ▪ She felt lonely and completely hopeless. ADVERB ▪ absolutely … Collocations dictionary
cause — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} noun 1 sb/sth that makes sth happen ADJECTIVE ▪ real, root, true, underlying ▪ the root cause of the problem ▪ deeper ▪ … Collocations dictionary
hopeless — adj 1. beyond hope, despaired of, lost, irredeemable; beyond recovery, irrecoverable, irrevocable, past curé, incurable, irremediable, remediless; beyond repair, irreparable, irretrievable, irreclaimable; serious, grave, fatal, deadly. 2.… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
lost cause — noun a defeated cause or a cause for which defeat is inevitable • Hypernyms: ↑campaign, ↑cause, ↑crusade, ↑drive, ↑movement, ↑effort * * * noun : a cause that has lost all prospect of success lost cause of the S … Useful english dictionary
lost cause — {n. phr.} A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. * /Communism in Eastern Europe has become a lost cause./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lost cause — {n. phr.} A movement that has failed and has no chance to be revived. * /Communism in Eastern Europe has become a lost cause./ … Dictionary of American idioms
lost cause — noun A cause, attempt, or effort that is hopeless or futile. He has already made up his mind, and its a lost cause to try to change it … Wiktionary
lost cause — n. a hopeless or worthless thing or person. □ The whole play began to wash out during the second act. It was a lost cause by the third. □ Bart is just a lost cause. Just forget about him … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
Hopelessly — Hopeless Hope less, a. 1. Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. [1913 Webster] I am a woman, friendless, hopeless. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English