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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