Hopeful

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  • adjective. Having or manifesting hope.
  • adjective. Inspiring hope; promising.
  • noun. A person who aspires to success or who shows promise of succeeding, especially as a political candidate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Full of hope; having desire with expectation of its fulfilment.
  • Having qualities which excite hope; promising advantage or success: as, a hopeful prospect: often used ironically.
  • Synonyms Confident, sanguine, buoyant, enthusiastic.
  • noun. A more or less wilful, troublesome, or incorrigible boy or girl, regarded ironically as the rising hope of the family.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
  • adjective. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Feeling hope.
  • adjective. Inspiring hope.
  • noun. Somebody who is hoping for success or victory.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. having or manifesting hope
  • adjective. full or promise
  • noun. an ambitious and aspiring young person
  • Word Usage
    "I don't listen to their music but I love them all … I'll miss Eric's acting! jean eric oppa, fighting!!!! will be awaiting for your return~~ in these two years, i will will definitely be saving up $$ to be at the legendary shinhwa reunion concert * hopeful hopeful*"
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