Hopeless vs Nevertheless - What's the difference?
hopeless | nevertheless |
Without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.
* (William Shakespeare)
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, title= Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate.
Without talent, not skilled
(conjunctive) In spite of what preceded; yet.
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As an adjective hopeless
is without hope; despairing; not expecting anything positive.As an adverb nevertheless is
(conjunctive) in spite of what preceded; yet.hopeless
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Adjective
(en adjective)- I am a woman, friendless, hopeless .
The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Edward Churchill still attended to his work in a hopeless mechanical manner like a sleep-walker who walks safely on a well-known round. But his Roman collar galled him, his cossack stifled him, his biretta was as uncomfortable as a merry-andrew's cap and bells.}}
- He's a hopeless writer, but can draw very well.
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
* desperateAntonyms
* hopefulReferences
* * *nevertheless
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Alternative forms
* ne'erthelessAdverb
(-)- No chastening for the present seemeth to be joyous, but grievous; nevertheless , afterward it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of righteousness.
Michael Sivak
Will AC Put a Chill on the Global Energy Supply?, passage=Nevertheless , it is clear that the global energy demand for air-conditioning will grow substantially as nations become more affluent, with the consequences of climate change potentially accelerating the demand.}}
