helpless

helpless
adj.
VERBS
appear, 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.

ADVERB
absolutely, completely, quite, totally, utterly
apparently, seemingly
almost, virtually
physically
PREPOSITION
against

She was helpless against his strength.

before

Kirk stood helpless before this giant of a man.

in the face of

I felt helpless in the face of all these rules and regulations.

with

She was helpless with anger.

Helpless is used with these nouns: ↑creature, ↑gesture, ↑laughter, ↑prey, ↑rage, ↑shrug, ↑tear, ↑victim

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