Grim
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: dismal and gloomy, cold and forbidding rigid and unrelenting ghastly or sinister
Example sentence: The rarest of all things in American life is charm. We spend billions every year manufacturing fake charm that goes under the heading of public relations. Without it, America would be grim indeed.
Hopeless
Part of speech: adjective
Definition: Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing.Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable;desperate;
Example sentence: Stock is everything in cooking, at least in French cooking. Without it, nothing can be done. If one's stock is good, what remains of the work is easy; if, on the other hand, it is bad or merely mediocre, it is quite hopeless to expect anything approaching a satisfactory result.