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HOPEFULNESS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The feeling you have when you have hope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting feelings and emotions
Hypernyms ("hopefulness" is a kind of...):
hope (the general feeling that some desire will be fulfilled)
Antonym:
hopelessness (the despair you feel when you have abandoned hope of comfort or success)
Derivation:
hopeful (having or manifesting hope)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Full of hope
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("hopefulness" is a kind of...):
condition; status (a state at a particular time)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "hopefulness"):
confidence (a state of confident hopefulness that events will be favorable)
anticipation; expectation (anticipating with confidence of fulfillment)
Derivation:
hopeful (likely to turn out well in the future)
