What are the antonyms for HOPEFULNESS?
- unhappiness, discouragement, woe, sadness, sorrow, misery, hopelessness, cheerlessness, disbelief, seriousness, gravity, depression, pain, despair, melancholy, doubt, gloom, pessimism.
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Synonyms for HOPEFULNESS
- apprehensiveness,
- prospect,
- good cheer,
- well-being,
- cheerfulness,
- possibility,
- positivism,
- suspense,
- apprehension,
- bright outlook,
- good humor,
- paradise,
- fortune,
- brightness,
- promised land,
- Light-heartedness,
- delight,
- exuberance,
- gladness,
- assumption,
- reverie,
- utopia,
- joviality,
- hopefuls,
- enthusiasm,
- watchfulness,
- optimism,
- felicity,
- exhilaration,
- calmness,
- confidence,
- looking on bright side,
- content,
- good spirits,
- glee,
- promise,
- enjoyment,
- cheer,
- achievement,
- light at end of tunnel,
- fancy,
- joyfulness,
- merry-making,
- laughter,
- jauntiness,
- elation,
- greedy glutton,
- jubilation,
- desire,
- bright side,
- buoyancy,
- bullishness,
- faith,
- ecstasy,
- belief,
- wish,
- status,
- dependence,
- security,
- delirium,
- beatitude,
- delectation,
- reward,
- radiance,
- sureness,
- certainty,
- rosiness,
- foresight,
- goal,
- sanctity,
- rosy outlook,
- condition,
- hopes,
- gaiety,
- aspiration,
- sanguinity,
- liveliness,
- prosperity,
- assurance,
- prevention,
- fool's paradise,
- pipe dream,
- presumption,
- endurance,
- good spirit,
- hopefulness,
- solace,
- rejoicing,
- Laughters,
- hopefully,
- happiness,
- thing with feathers,
- idealisms,
- expectancy,
- great expectations,
- trust,
- daydream,
- contentment,
- conviction,
- reliance,
- rose-colored glasses,
- playfulness,
- euphoria,
- concern,
- blessedness,
- vivacity,
- joy,
- merriments,
- easiness,
- encouragement,
- peace of mind,
- mirth,
- seventh heaven,
- hilarity,
- hopeful,
- animation,
- pleasantness,
- outlook,
- castles in air,
- stock,
- expectation,
- positive thinking,
- pleasure,
- geniality,
- jocundity,
- pollyannaism,
- fond hope,
- silver lining,
- comfort,
- hope,
- ambition,
- idealism,
- joyousness,
- enchantment,
- bliss,
- sanguineness,
- merriment,
- Cheeriness,
- anticipation,
- wellbeing,
- gain,
- lightheartedness.
Usage Examples for HOPEFULNESS
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" I think most of the hopefulness was knocked out of me," Hardress answered. - "Captain Jim" by Mary Grant Bruce
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It changed from curiosity to wonder; from wonder to a dawning hopefulness of finding in all this a possible clue, that might help her husband to his freedom. - "Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter" by Lawrence L. Lynch
