Meaning of HELPLESS
| Pronunciation: | | 'helplis
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- [adj] unable to manage independently; "as helpless as a baby"
- [adj] unable to function; without help
- [adj] lacking in or deprived of strength or power; "lying ill and helpless"; "helpless with laughter"
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| | Synonyms: | | dependent, hopeless, incapacitated, lost, powerless, weak |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Help"less\, a.
1. Destitute of help or strength; unable to help or defend
one's self; needing help; feeble; weak; as, a helpless
infant.
How shall I then your helpless fame defend? --Pope.
2. Beyond help; irremediable.
Some helpless disagreement or dislike, either of
mind or body. --Milton.
3. Bringing no help; unaiding. [Obs.]
Yet since the gods have been Helpless foreseers of
my plagues. --Chapman.
4. Unsupplied; destitute; -- with of. [R.]
Helpless of all that human wants require. --Dryden.
-- {Help"less*ly}, adv. -- {Help"less*ness}, n.
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| Dream Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | Dreaming that you are or feel helpless, suggests that you are experiencing difficulties in confronting a situation or relationship. You feel that you are unable to take charge of yourself. |
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