helpless
[adjective]
Synonyms: weak, disabled, impotent, incapable, infirm, paralysed, powerless

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Related Words: abandoned, desolate, forlorn, forsaken, friendless, feeble, weak

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

help‧less /ˈhelpləs/ adjective
[Word Family: noun: help, helper, helpfulness ≠ unhelpfulness, helping, helplessness; adverb: helpfully ≠ unhelpfully, helplessly; adjective: helpful ≠ unhelpful, helpless; verb: help]

1. unable to look after yourself or to do anything to help yourself:
He began to feel depressed and helpless.
a vicious attack on a helpless victim
Newman threw out a hand in a helpless gesture.

2. unable to control a strong feeling that you have
helpless with
He was near to death, and I was helpless with fear.
helpless laughter/rage/tears etc
We both collapsed into helpless giggles.
—helplessly adverb
—helplessness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

helpless
adj.
VERBS be, feel, lie, look, seem, stand, watch John felt completely helpless. He lay helpless in the hospital ward.
become | leave sb, render sb He was left helpless and alone. She was rendered helpless by panic.
ADV. absolutely, completely, quite, totally, utterly | apparently, seemingly | physically
PREP. against She was helpless against his strength.
before Kirk stood helpless before this giant of a man.
in the face of feeling helpless in the face of all these rules and regulations
with She was helpless with anger.

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