adj.
VERBS
▪ be , look , seem
▪ feel
▪
She felt lonely and completely ~.
ADVERB
▪ absolutely , completely , pretty , quite , totally , utterly
▪
The situation seemed completely ~.
▪
He's a pretty ~ dancer (= very bad) . ( BrE )
▪ apparently , seemingly
▪ rather
PREPOSITION
▪ at ( esp. BrE )
▪
I'm absolutely ~ at languages.
▪ with ( esp. BrE )
▪
I've always been ~ with machinery.
Hopeless is used with these nouns: ↑ cause , ↑ longing , ↑ love , ↑ mess , ↑ romantic , ↑ situation , ↑ task