Antonyms for hopeful
ˈhoʊp fəlhope·ful

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1. hopefulnoun

   Antonyms:
   desperate, hopeless

2. hopefuladjective

   Feeling hope.

   Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.

   Antonyms:
   desperate, hopeless

3. hopefuladjective

   Antonyms:
   hopeless, desperate

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1. aspirant, aspirer, hopeful, wannabe, wannabeeadjective

   an ambitious and aspiring young person

   "a lofty aspirant"; "two executive hopefuls joined the firm"; "the audience was full of Madonna wannabes"

   Antonyms:
   heartsick, insoluble, helpless, inauspicious, futureless, forlorn, lost, hopeless, bleak, despondent, black, despairing, unhopeful, unfortunate, dim, desperate, abject

   Synonyms:
   aspirer, wannabee, aspirant, wannabe

2. hopefuladjective

   having or manifesting hope

   "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"

   Antonyms:
   helpless, dim, abject, inauspicious, despairing, futureless, bleak, lost, insoluble, desperate, heartsick, hopeless, unhopeful, forlorn, black, despondent, unfortunate

   Synonyms:
   promising, bright

3. bright, hopeful, promisingadjective

   full or promise

   "had a bright future in publishing"; "the scandal threatened an abrupt end to a promising political career"; "a hopeful new singer on Broadway"

   Antonyms:
   lost, futureless, bleak, black, unhopeful, dim, hopeless, inauspicious, helpless, abject, unfortunate, heartsick, despondent, forlorn, despairing, insoluble, desperate

   Synonyms:
   smart, vivid, promising, shiny, undimmed, bright, shining, brilliant, lustrous, burnished

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1. hopefuladjective

   Synonyms:
   expectant, optimistic, promising, sanguine

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1. disheartened

   full of hope

   Submitted by rinat on September 23, 2019  

How to use hopeful in a sentence?

1. Soriya Dasir:

   They are very tired, but they are happy and hopeful.

2. Rob Manfred:

   It's hopeful that we will have some Major League Baseball this summer, we are making plans about playing in empty stadiums. But as I've said before, all of those plans are dependent on what the public health situation is.

3. Read MoreIn:

   For many of the issues I am most passionate about, I will continue to make a difference outside of the Senate, beyond 2022. In the meantime, I am hopeful that President Biden will follow through on President Biden inaugural pledge to reach across the aisle, and I am prepared to work with President Biden and President Biden administration if President Biden does, i was on the bipartisan call yesterday on a new COVID-19 package. I hope the Administration will work with us on a more targeted approach that focuses on things like vaccine distribution, testing and getting kids back to school.

4. Archana Kotecha:

   I'm extremely hopeful that this judicial review will open the door to change, it is extremely difficult to achieve justice from the government's current piecemeal approach to human trafficking.

5. Melina Abdullah:

   We're hopeful that the people will stay engaged and that we can hold our elected officials accountable, and remind them that just because we're moving beyond what people are calling the George Floyd moment that it's not a moment, it's a movement, and we need to have police defunded and invest those dollars into things that actually make communities safe.

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