helpless
11helpless — help|less [ helpləs ] adjective * not able to do anything without help: He looked helpless sitting there all alone. be/feel helpless to do something: I knew they were lying but I felt helpless to do anything about it. a. helpless laughter, tears …
12helpless — [[t]he̱lpləs[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ to inf, ADJ with n If you are helpless, you do not have the strength or power to do anything useful or to control or protect yourself. Parents often feel helpless, knowing that all the cuddles in the world… …
13helpless — adjective 1 unable to look after yourself or to do anything to help yourself: Without proper defences we d be helpless against an enemy attack. | Why is he so helpless? 2 unable to control a strong feeling that you have (+ with): We rolled on the …
14helpless */ — UK [ˈhelpləs] / US adjective 1) not able to do anything without help He looked helpless sitting there all alone. be/feel helpless to do something: I knew they were lying but I felt helpless to do anything about it. 2) helpless laughter, tears etc …
15helpless — adjective Date: before 12th century 1. lacking protection or support ; defenseless 2. a. marked by an inability to act or react < the crowd looked on in helpless horror Current Biography > b. not able to be controlled or restrained < helpless… …
16helpless — helplessly, adv. helplessness, n. /help lis/, adj. 1. unable to help oneself; weak or dependent: a helpless invalid. 2. deprived of strength or power; powerless; incapacitated: They were helpless with laughter. 3. affording no help. [1125 75; ME; …
17helpless — adjective a) Unable to defend oneself or to act without help. Then when you find yourself lyin helpless in her arms b) Uncontrollable. You know you really love a woman …
18helpless — Synonyms and related words: abandoned, aidless, at sea, baffled, bare handed, bewildered, blind, blind drunk, blotto, confounded, confused, crippled, debilitated, defenseless, dependent, deserted, desolate, disabled, enervated, enfeebled,… …
19helpless — adjective 1》 unable to defend oneself or to act without help. 2》 uncontrollable: helpless laughter. Derivatives helplessly adverb helplessness noun …
20helpless — adjective the cubs are born blind and helpless Syn: dependent, incapable, powerless, impotent, weak; defenseless, vulnerable, exposed, unprotected, open to attack; paralyzed, disabled Ant: independent …
