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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | upset, despondent |
| Synonyms: | anxious, at end of one's rope, blue, brokenhearted, can't win, cynical, dejected, depressed, desperate, disconsolate, downcast, forlorn, frantic, grief-stricken, hopeless, in pain, in the dumps, in the pits, in the soup, inconsolable, melancholic, melancholy, miserable, no-win, not a prayer, oppressed, pessimistic, sad, shot down, strabilious, suicidal, sunk, weighed down, wretched |
| Antonyms: | confident, encouraged, expectant, hopeful |
| Main Entry: | hopeless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | futile, pessimistic |
| Synonyms: | bad, beyond recall, cynical, dejected, demoralized, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, discouraging, downhearted, fatal, forlorn, gone*, goner, helpless, ill-fated, impossible, impracticable, in despair, incurable, irredeemable, irreparable, irreversible, irrevocable, lost, menacing, no-win, past hope, pointless, sad, shot down, sinister, sunk, threatening, tragic, unachievable, unavailing, unfortunate, unmitigable, up the creek, useless, vain, woebegone, worsening |
| Antonyms: | auspicious, bright, encouraging, expectant, hopeful, optimistic, promising, propitious, rosy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | impossible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beyond the bounds of possibility |
| Synonyms: | absurd, beyond, contrary to reason, cureless, futile, hardly possible, hopeless, hundred-to-one, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, inexecutable, infeasible, insurmountable, irrealizable, irreparable, no-go, no-way, no-win, not a prayer, out of the question, preposterous, too much, unachievable, unattainable, uncorrectable, unfeasible, unimaginable, unobtainable, unreasonable, unrecoverable, unthinkable, unworkable, useless, visionary, way out |
| Antonyms: | achievable, believable, obtainable, possible, reasonable, tenable |
| Main Entry: | insurmountable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impossible |
| Synonyms: | forget it, hopeless, impassable, impregnable, inaccessible, indomitable, ineluctable, insuperable, invincible, no way, no-win, not a prayer, overwhelming, unbeatable, unconquerable, unmasterable |
| Antonyms: | attainable, beatable, defeatable, possible, surmountable |
| Main Entry: | vain |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | futile, useless |
| Synonyms: | abortive, barren, bootless, delusive, delusory, empty, frivolous, fruitless, going nowhere, hollow, idle, in vicious circle, inefficacious, insignificant, misleading, no-win, not a prayer, nugatory, on a treadmill, otiose, paltry, petty, pointless, profitless, puny, senseless, shuck, slight, sterile, time-wasting, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unnotable, unproductive, unprofitable, valueless, void, worthless |
| Antonyms: | possible |
| Main Entry: | irremediable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hopeless |
| Synonyms: | bad, beyond recall, cureless, cynical, dejected, demoralized, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, discouraging, downhearted, fatal, forlorn, gone*, goner, helpless, ill-fated, impossible, impracticable, in despair, incurable, irredeemable, irreparable, irreversible, irrevocable, lost, menacing, no-win, past hope, pointless, sad, shot down, sinister, sunk, threatening, tragic, unachievable, unavailing, unfortunate, unmitigable, up the creek, useless, vain, woebegone, worsening |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unattainable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impossible |
| Synonyms: | absurd, beyond, contrary to reason, cureless, futile, hardly possible, hopeless, hundred-to-one, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, inexecutable, infeasible, insurmountable, irrealizable, irreparable, no-go, no-way, no-win, not a prayer, out of the question, preposterous, too much*, unachievable, uncorrectable, unfeasible, unimaginable, unobtainable, unrealizable, unreasonable, unrecoverable, unthinkable, unworkable, useless, visionary, way out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unrealizable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impossible |
| Synonyms: | absurd, beyond, contrary to reason, cureless, futile, hardly possible, hopeless, hundred-to-one, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, inexecutable, infeasible, insurmountable, irrealizable, irreparable, no-go, no-way, no-win, not a prayer, out of the question, preposterous, too much*, unachievable, unattainable, uncorrectable, unfeasible, unimaginable, unobtainable, unreasonable, unrecoverable, unthinkable, unworkable, useless, visionary, way out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unworkable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | impossible |
| Synonyms: | absurd, beyond, contrary to reason, cureless, futile, hardly possible, hopeless, hundred-to-one, impassable, impervious, impracticable, impractical, inaccessible, inconceivable, inexecutable, infeasible, insurmountable, irrealizable, irreparable, no-go, no-way, no-win, not a prayer, out of the question, preposterous, too much*, unachievable, unattainable, uncorrectable, unfeasible, unimaginable, unobtainable, unrealizable, unreasonable, unrecoverable, unthinkable, useless, visionary, way out |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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