helpless

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English Vietnamese dictionary

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Advanced English dictionary

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+ adjective
1 unable to take care of yourself or do things without the help of other people: the helpless victims of war + a helpless gesture / look + He lay helpless on the floor. + It's natural to feel helpless against such abuse. + The worst part is being helpless to change anything.
2 ~ (with sth) unable to control a strong feeling: helpless panic / rage + The audience was helpless with laughter.
helplessly adverb: They watched helplessly as their home went up in flames.
helplessness noun [U]: a feeling / sense of helplessness

Thesaurus dictionary

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adj.

1 dependent, vulnerable, weak, helpless, feeble, infirm, lame, crippled, disabled:

The disease has left him completely helpless.

2 confused, baffled, mystified, bewildered, perplexed, at sea, confounded, muddled, nonplussed:

I am completely helpless when it comes to balancing my accounts.

3 weakened, weak, debilitated, faint, enfeebled, feeble, worn out, spent, exhausted, prostrate, enervated:

All of us were simply helpless from laughing so much.

4 worthless, incapable, incompetent, useless, unavailing, inefficient, inept, unfit, unqualified:

Dali was said to be helpless without Gala to manage his affairs.

Collocation dictionary

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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.

Concise English dictionary

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'helplɪs
adj.
+lacking in or deprived of strength or power
+unable to function; without help
+unable to manage independently