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hopey

hopey

1 8.6
Feeling light and cheerful that good things will happen
  • adjective
  • Slang
translation icon : optimista
  • It's like a wet kind of shimmery, hopey sort of eyeshadow.

I tend to think rationally about most stuff and I am a little bit hopey changing.

Examples

  • Hell, she voted for Obama because he seemed so hopey-changy and smart and all.

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  • How's that hopey changey thing working out for ya now?

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  • Whatever happened to all of the hopey-changey stuff?

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  • I bet you boys are all giddy in a hopey-changey sort of way today.

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  • Hey America, in eight days we can exchange all of the lies and hopey changey crap for truth. I believe Mr. Romney will, at the very least, good or bad, tell us the truth.

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  • No hopey-changey slogan?

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  • After we have been subject to that "hopey changey stuff" for the past two and a half years, it's time to continue to recognize where our real hope comes from—

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  • Obama's call for a stimulus amounted to nothing more than a hopey-changey bribe to middle- and low-income families.

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  • C.R.: Maybe some of them are just very naive and into hopey-changey, but to assume they are evil and therefore wouldn't deserve the right of return, or if they realize their error, not be able to seek safe haven is counter to every Zionistic principle the state is founded on.

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  • After hearing the good news, she felt so hopey that she couldn't stop smiling.

Synonyms

hopeful
vshopey
189 1.8

Feeling positive and expecting a good result

is more lighthearted, informal, and slightly playful in tone
upbeat
vshopey
99 3.8

Feeling cheerful and hopeful, sometimes too positive for the situation

is more lighthearted and playfully positive rather than unrealistically confident
rosy
vshopey
26 3.2

Expecting good things in the future

is more casual and playful in feeling rather than focusing on outcomes
sanguine
vshopey
10 7.4

Cheerful and hopeful in a difficult situation

is more lighthearted and informal rather than steady in adversity
beamish
vshopey
  • Archaic
1 9.9

Smiling brightly because you feel happy

is lighter and informal, playful rather than literary and radiant
yeppity
vshopey
  • Slang
9.9

Feeling very happy, excited, and full of energy

is lighter and more gently playful rather than strongly energetic
Pollyannaish
vshopey
9.9

Being too hopeful about things and not seeing clear problems

is playful and informal without implying naive or blind optimism

Antonyms

serious
452 1.4

Calm and focused, not playful or joking

Compounds

Hopey McChange
  • Offensive
9.9

A person who expects big changes to fix things, often without thinking about real problems

How Hopeful

sanguine
10 7.4
optimistic
426 3.2
hopeful
189 1.8
hopey
  • Slang
1 8.6

Surface Forms

hopey positive

Morphology

hopey = hope (transparent) = hope + y

The adjective is a straightforward informal formation from 'hope' + the productive adjectival suffix '-y' meaning 'characterized by or full of hope'.

Etymology

Hopey comes from the simple word hope plus the ending -y, which often means 'full of' or 'like', as in cheery. So hopey means 'full of hope' in a light, playful way.