Antonyms for hopeful


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


Definition of hopeful

Origin :
  • c.1200, from hope + -ful. As a noun, "one on whom hopes are set," from 1720. Related: Hopefulness.
  • adj optimistic, expectant
  • adj promising, auspicious
Example sentences :
  • We are bound to be hopeful, nor wrong our great-hearted father.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • One of whom she had been hopeful, had disappeared—it was supposed with another man's wife.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • She leaned over and kissed her father in a hopeful, pretty way.
  • Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser
  • Here the Union men were hopeful, but the news from the East was bad.
  • Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler
  • When that is removed, I am hopeful that we can take him without bloodshed.
  • Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous
  • He did not quite know how he was going to manage it, but he was hopeful still.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • "I ain't as hopeful as I was a week ago," he admitted mildly.
  • Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
  • Tip had turned his liberty to hopeful account by becoming a billiard-marker.
  • Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
  • But the groans of the dying men were mingled still with hopeful cries.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • The people are aroused and are united; some are hopeless, some hopeful.
  • Extract from : « The Bay State Monthly, Vol. 1, Issue 1. » by Various

Synonyms for hopeful

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