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Grammar : Noun
Spell : hohp-fuhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊp fəl



Definition of hopefulness

Origin :
  • c.1200, from hope + -ful. As a noun, "one on whom hopes are set," from 1720. Related: Hopefulness.
  • As in optimism : noun state of having positive beliefs
  • As in cheerfulness : noun happiness
  • As in positive thinking : noun positive attitude
  • As in cheer : noun happiness
  • As in joyfulness : noun happiness
  • As in sanguineness : noun optimism
  • As in sanguinity : noun optimism
  • As in happiness : noun high spirits, satisfaction
  • As in hope : noun longing; dream
Example sentences :
  • "There's a chance," said Fritz, with his first sign of hopefulness.
  • Extract from : « The Prisoner of Zenda » by Anthony Hope
  • She has grown fretful, and all her brightness and hopefulness have vanished.
  • Extract from : « A Singer from the Sea » by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
  • He could listen to words of trust and hopefulness, and yet not smile at her credulity.
  • Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever
  • Say it out, girl; tell me, I'd be the better for a little of your father's hopefulness, eh?'
  • Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever
  • At all events, the hopefulness of an invalid was not to be discouraged.
  • Extract from : « The Shadow-Line » by Joseph Conrad
  • Yet underlying all this there ran a vein of good cheer, of hopefulness.
  • Extract from : « Ox-Team Days on the Oregon Trail » by Ezra Meeker
  • This is the tragedy and the hopefulness of tragedy which Mr. Bennett has grasped.
  • Extract from : « Personality in Literature » by Rolfe Arnold Scott-James
  • Melville himself never lost his hopefulness and happy ardour.
  • Extract from : « Andrew Melville » by William Morison
  • But bitter disappointment was to follow all this hopefulness and satisfaction.
  • Extract from : « Art in England » by Dutton Cook
  • But her natural impatience and hopefulness prevailed, and she leaped. '
  • Extract from : « The Valet's Tragedy and Other Stories » by Andrew Lang

Synonyms for hopefulness

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