What does helpless mean?
Helpless means Unable to defend oneself..
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/ˈhɛlplɪs/ · adjective
Unable to defend oneself..
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms You know you really love a woman
Rana Thanoptis: Are we good? Can I go? Shepard: You conducted brutal experiments on helpless test subjects. You helped Saren. You don't get to live.
A gaoler struck him, pushing him back in place in the hopeless, helpless line of prisoners.
a helpless urge
For, while they fly that gulf's devouring jawes, They on the rock are rent and sunck in helplesse wawes.
Use helpless when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Helpless means Unable to defend oneself..
Common synonyms include dependent, weak, incapacitated, lost.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Then when you find yourself lyin' helpless in her arms You know you really love a woman
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