hopefulness
5
1.3
- noun
- /ˈhoʊpfəlnəs/
:
esperanza
- After experiencing numerous challenges, her hopefulness about the future helped her stay motivated.
- level of hopefulness
And that is a present sense of hopefulness.
- And that is a present sense of hopefulness.
- How do you hold on to that sense of, of hopefulness?
- And so I'm I'm with you on the optimism, but it's that you may have to pay a cost of optimism and naive hopefulness.
- And then our strivings, our sense of hopefulness or perhaps lack of strivings.
- You know, what could bring about more hopefulness and and strivings?
- But also, I'm so heartworn by the optimism and the hopefulness that was in you that I hope develops further.
Examples
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Wife and husband stand at a measured distance, seeming to regard each other with a mix of fear and hopefulness.
Fiction book (2002) -
Maybe as you move through the decades, it will become increasingly difficult for you to maintain the idealism and the hopefulness that you have right now.
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And that gives me hope because I have experienced hopefulness in my life.
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And so I find it at times difficult to hold on to the hopefulness, which is the work, I guess, Right?
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"Beautiful night," he spoke, a strain of hopefulness in his voice.
Fiction book (1998) -
I began my job with the enthusiasm and hopefulness every young person feels when he first starts a job.
Blog text (32) -
While there are a few signs of hopefulness, it is also clear that the real difficulties are deeper.
Academic text (1991) -
Are you able to maintain hopefulness amidst all of this?
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A spirit of hopefulness, more than fear, characterized most people I spoke with in Kabul.
Blog text (26) -
His message demonstrated such exuberance and hopefulness for the future of the Libyan state and for U.S.-Libya relations.
Blog text (6)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A feeling that something good will happen
209
2.8
A tendency to expect good results and see the positive side of things
203
2.2
A belief that things will turn out well
119
3.5
A general feeling or expectation about the future
26
3.0
A way of thinking that is hopeful and looks for solutions
17
3.6
Feeling hopeful and expecting a good result
4
1.0
A happy mood that makes you smile and helps others feel good
1
1.6
A feeling of happiness and energy that makes others feel hopeful
1
3.6
A strong belief that things will turn out well
1
3.7
A hopeful view of the future or a situation
1
5.9
A confident feeling that prices or markets will rise
1
3.9
Hope and encouragement that help people succeed
1
8.5
A cheerful, confident feeling about the future
A confident, hopeful, and cheerful way of thinking
A strong, lasting belief that things will get better even in hard times
A quiet feeling of hope that stays beneath other feelings
A cheerful, positive way of behaving that makes others feel happy
A feeling of happiness and energy that makes someone feel positive
Feeling very happy, excited, and full of energy
Antonyms
How Hopeful
203
2.2
209
2.8
5
1.3
296
4.0
28
4.1
210
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Hopefulness is made of hope and the ending -fulness. Hope means 'wanting good things to happen' and -fulness means 'full of', so hopefulness is being 'full of hope'.