wishful
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4.0
- adjective
- /ˈwɪʃfəl/
- Maybe it is all her own wishful thinking
- wishful thinking
- engage in wishful thinking
- wishful fantasy
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Watch on YouTubeI think I believe what Christ said, and I believe that's not, that's not rooted in wishful thinking.
- I think I believe what Christ said, and I believe that's not, that's not rooted in wishful thinking.
- But most European leaders dismiss his ideas as wishful thinking.
- Maybe sometimes they are easily duped by their own wishful thinking.
- And he concludes this is actually wishful thinking, not investigation of the natural world.
- We see that acutely now, when people's health can be jeopardized by false claims, wishful thinking, and invented realities.
- So I'm like, is this wishful thinking or do they have some kind of higher soul connection that I don't have with him?
- Maybe that's just wishful wish fantasy.
- And so I think wishful, it was a tie, literally wishful thinking prevailed.
- So when I see the the narrative about, oh, engaging China, we have a healthy competition with China, those are wishful thinking.
- You're not I'll though no right, okay, like wishful thinking.
Examples
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Guess it was just wishful thinking.
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That is where wishful thinking will take you.
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So it's kind of interesting here, another round of wishful thinking.
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Yeah, that was wishful thinking on your part, but we never did.
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That would be wishful thinking.
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But this had been wishful thinking on her part; she accepted that now.
Fiction book (1996) -
A little bit of wishful thinking thrown in, I think.
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Afterward, I wondered if maybe that was wishful thinking on his part.
Fiction book (2000) -
Now, I'm guessing, really, that this is just wishful thinking, but senior GOP officials are exploring options if Trump drops out.
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Despite the odds, she still held on to her wishful dreams of becoming a famous artist.
Synonyms
181
1.8
Feeling positive and expecting a good result
156
4.2
Wanted very much and hoped for
152
3.5
Wanted or expected because people want a good result
65
5.5
A thing people want and hope for after many years
63
3.5
Wanting to become successful in a particular job or activity
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6.1
Hope or belief that is unlikely to come true
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5.1
Expecting only very good results that are unlikely to happen
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
45
4.1
Believing something you want will happen even though it is unlikely
How Wishful
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Etymology
The word wishful comes from wish, meaning a strong 'want', and the ending -ful, meaning 'full of'. So, like hopeful, wishful means 'full of' wishes or hoping for something that may not happen.