hope, past cure, past mending, past recall; at one’s last gasp &c. (death) 360; given up, given over.
     incurable, cureless, immedicable, remediless, beyond remedy;
incorrigible; irreparable, irremediable, irrecoverable, irreversible, irretrievable, irreclaimable, irredeemable, irrevocable; ruined, undone; immitigable. 
     Phr. “lasciate ogni speranza voi ch’entrate” [Dante]; its days are
numbered; the worst come to the worst; “no change, no pause, no hope, yet I endure” [Shelley]; “O dark, dark, dark, amid the blaze of noon” [Milton]; “mene mene tekel upharson” [Old Testament].

     #860.  Fear. —­ N. fear, timidity, diffidence, want of confidence;
apprehensiveness, fearfulness &c. adj.; solicitude, anxiety, care, apprehension, misgiving; feeze [obs3][U.S.]; mistrust &c. (doubt) 485; suspicion, qualm; hesitation &c. (irresolution) 605.
     nervousness, restlessness &c. adj.; inquietude, disquietude, worry,
concern; batophobia[obs3]; heartquake[obs3]; flutter, trepidation, fear and trembling, perturbation, tremor, quivering, shaking, trembling, throbbing heart, palpitation, ague fit, cold sweat; abject fear &c. (cowardice) 862; mortal funk, heartsinking[obs3], despondency; despair &c. 859.
     fright; affright, affrightment[obs3]; boof alarm[obs3][U.S.], dread,
awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede [of horses].
     intimidation, terrorism, reign of terror.
     [Object of fear] bug bear, bugaboo; scarecrow; hobgoblin &c. (demon)
980; nightmare, Gorgon, mormo[obs3], ogre, Hurlothrumbo[obs3], raw head and bloody bones, fee-faw-fum, bete noire[Fr], enfant terrible[Fr].
     alarmist &c. (coward) 862. 
     V. fear, stand in awe of; be afraid &c. adj.; have qualms &c. n.;
apprehend, sit upon thorns, eye askance; distrust &c. (disbelieve) 485.
     hesitate &c. (be irresolute) 605; falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk
&c. (cowardice) 862; “let ‘I dare not’ wait upon ‘I would’”; take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly &c. (avoid) 623.
     tremble, shake; shiver, shiver in one’s shoes; shudder, flutter; shake
like an aspen leaf, tremble like an aspen leaf, tremble all over; quake, quaver, quiver, quail.
     grow pale, turn pale; blench, stand aghast; not dare to say one’s soul
is one’s own.
     inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise
aprehensions[obs3]; be in a daze, bulldoze [U.  S.]; faze, feeze [obs3][U.  S.]; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry “wolf,” disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one’s propriety; fright out of one’s senses, fright out of one’s wits, fright out of one’s seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony.
     make one’s flesh creep, make one’s hair stand on end, make one’s blood