hopeful
/ˈhəʊpfʊl/
US pronunciation
American sound/ˈhəʊpfʊl/
hopeful
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ho - pe - ful -> hopeful
Myanmar meaning
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၁။ ~ (of/about sth); ~ (that…) မျှော်လင့်ချက်ရှိ[သော]။ be hopeful of/about the outcome ❍ I feel hopeful that we'll find a suitable house very soon.
၂။ အလားအလာကောင်း [သော]။ The latest trade figures are a hopeful sign. ❍ The future did not seem very hopeful.
n မျှော်လင့်ချက်ထားသူ။ ဆန္ဒရှိသူ။ …ဖြစ်ချင်သူ။ About 30 young hopefuls turned up for the audition.
❏ hopefully adv
၁။ မှန်းခြေအားဖြင့်။ Hopefully, we'll arrive before dark.
၂။ မျှော်လင့်တကြီး။ ‘I'm sure we'll find it,’ he said hopefully. hopefulness n [U]
More examples
- We resumed negotiations but we’re not very hopeful.
- [hopeful that] : In spite of our differences, we remain hopeful that a solution can be found.
- [hopeful of] : The board is quite hopeful of securing further investment.
- We really wanted tickets for tomorrow night but it’s not looking very hopeful.
- His quick recovery from the treatment was a hopeful development.
- She gave us a bright-eyed, hopeful look.
Synonyms
confident, expectant, optimistic, positive, encouraged, buoyant, advantageous, anticipating, anticipative, applicant, arousing, aspirant, aspiring, assured, at ease, auspicious, beneficial, blithe, bright, budding, calm, candidate, cheerful, cheering, comfortable, conducive, contender, content, convenient, eager, elated, elating, emboldened, embryonic, encouraging, enlivening, enthusiastic, exciting, expecting, expeditious, fair, faithful, favorable, fine, fit, flattering, fortifying, fortunate, forward-looking, golden, good, gracious, halcyon, heartening, helpful, high, hoping, inspiring, inspirited, inspiriting, keeping the faith, lighthearted, likely, looking forward to, lucky, opportune, pleasant, pleasing, possible, potential, probable, promiseful, promising, propitious, prospective, providential, reasonable, reassured, reassuring, rose-colored, roseate, rosy, rousing, sanguine, satisfied, seeker, serene, stirring, suitable, sunny, timely, trustful, trusting, unflagging, upbeat, uplifting, well-timed, would-be
Antonyms
apathetic, bad, cloudy, dark, depressed, despairing, desperate, despondent, disagreeable, discouraged, discouraging, disinterested, down, fearful, gloomy, hateful, heavy, hopeless, implausible, inauspicious, low, mean, nasty, pale, pessimistic, pointless, poor, rainy, sad, stormy, unenthusiastic, unfriendly, unhappy, unlikely, unpleasant, unpromising, upset, wretched
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