exitless
Lacking any egress
Exitless means having no exit or way out.
The word applies literally to spaces without obvious escape routes—an exitless room, an exitless maze—and figuratively to situations offering no resolution or relief: trapped in an exitless argument, an exitless cycle of debt.
The sense of being stuck or cornered predominates.
State of being restricted
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- entrapmentDefense against induced criminality
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- cageBarred confinement structure
cell · captivity · shackles · cul-de-sac · deadlock · stalemate · impasse · gridlock
Total absence of hope
- futileIncapable of producing results
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- forlornSad and abandoned
defeated · resigned · helpless · inescapable · unavoidable · doomed · fated · irreversible
Lasting without end
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- unendingLacking any terminus
- everlastingLasting for all time
- interminableWithout apparent conclusion
infinite · boundless · limitless · unceasing · incessant · continuous · uninterrupted · relentless
confinement
State of being restricted
- imprisonmentLegal detention in jail
- entrapmentDefense against induced criminality
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
cage · cell · captivity · shackles · cul-de-sac · deadlock · stalemate · impasse · gridlock · standstill
despair
Total absence of hope
- futileIncapable of producing results
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
forlorn · defeated · resigned · helpless · inescapable · unavoidable · doomed · fated · irreversible · dead-end
eternal
Lasting without end
- perpetualLasting without interruption
- unendingLacking any terminus
- everlastingLasting for all time
interminable · infinite · boundless · limitless · unceasing · incessant · continuous · uninterrupted · relentless · ceaseless
maze
Puzzle of passages
- labyrinthIntricate passage network
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- corridorEnclosed connecting walkway
warren · catacomb · sprawl · complex · winding · twisting · disorienting · confusing · circuitous · meandering
exitlessescapable
Able to be fled
open · accessible · exited · unenclosed · unbounded