Hopeless and Silly

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Hopeless adjective - Not capable of being cured or reformed.

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Silly and hopeless are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Silly" instead an adjective "Hopeless".

Nearby Words: hope, hopeful, hopelessness, hopelessly

Silly adjective - Lacking in seriousness or maturity.

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Hopeless and silly are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Hopeless" instead an adjective "Silly".

Nearby Word: silliness

Many have noted that the play starts out largely as a comedy, with the two families feuding for particularly silly reasons, and Romeo being a hopeless romantic with his friends trying to snap him out of it.

Source: Theatre / Romeo and Juliet
He's silly, cocky, gleefully admits to having destroyed most of the moon and his plans to do the same to the world, and for some reason he's agreed to be a homeroom teacher a class of students considered otherwise hopeless in exchange for giving these same students the chance to assassinate him.

Source: Establishing Character Moment / Anime and Manga
Orin's silly dance in Hopeless Masquerade has spawned quite a few jokes.

Source: Memes / Touhou

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