Antonyms for hopefulness
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : hohp-fuhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈhoʊp fəl |
- boo
- cheerlessness
- depression
- despair
- disbelief
- discontent
- discouragement
- dislike
- displeasure
- dissatisfaction
- distress
- distrust
- doubt
- fact
- fear
- gloom
- gravity
- hate
- hatred
- hopelessness
- irritation
- lack
- melancholy
- misery
- need
- pain
- pessimism
- reality
- sadness
- seriousness
- sorrow
- trouble
- truth
- uncertainty
- unhappiness
- upset
- want
- woe
- worry
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
- "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
- achievement
- ambition
- animation
- anticipation
- aspiration
- assumption
- assurance
- beatitude
- belief
- blessedness
- bliss
- bright outlook
- bright side
- brightness
- bullishness
- buoyancy
- calmness
- castles in air
- certainty
- cheer
- cheerfulness
- cheeriness
- comfort
- concern
- confidence
- content
- contentment
- daydream
- delectation
- delight
- delirium
- dependence
- desire
- easiness
- ecstasy
- elation
- enchantment
- encouragement
- endurance
- enjoyment
- enthusiasm
- euphoria
- exhilaration
- expectancy
- expectation
- exuberance
- faith
- fancy
- felicity
- fool's paradise
- fortune
- gaiety
- gain
- geniality
- gladness
- glee
- goal
- good cheer
- good humor
- good spirits
- great expectations
- greedy glutton
- happiness
- hilarity
- hopefulness
- idealism
- jauntiness
- jocundity
- joviality
- joy
- joyousness
- jubilation
- laughter
- light at end of tunnel
- light-heartedness
- lightheartedness
- liveliness
- looking on bright side
- merriment
- merry-making
- mirth
- optimism
- paradise
- peace of mind
- pipe dream
- playfulness
- pleasure
- Pollyannaism
- positivism
- promise
- Promised Land
- prospect
- prosperity
- rejoicing
- reliance
- reverie
- reward
- rose-colored glasses
- rosiness
- rosy outlook
- sanctity
- sanguineness
- sanguinity
- security
- seventh heaven
- silver lining
- solace
- stock
- sureness
- thing with feathers
- trust
- utopia
- vivacity
- well-being
- wish
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