Hopeful
Antonyms of HOPEFUL
- negative, rainy, unfavorable, fearful, apathetic, poor, disinterested, wretched, low, down, unpleasant, heavy, unpropitious, ruinous, gloomy, unpromising, unencouraging, sad, discouraged, disheartening, uncertain, unlucky, implausible, pointless, doubtful, hateful, grim, pessimistic, upset, mean, despairing, pale, inauspicious, unhappy, desperate, hopeless, depressed, cloudy, unlikely, bad, unfriendly, dubious, unenthusiastic, stormy, dark, despondent, discouraging, disagreeable, nasty, threatening.
Examples of usage:
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It makes one feel young and hopeful- jolly; doesn't it? "A Prisoner in Fairyland" by Algernon Blackwood
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" Something may have happened to delay him," said the manager in tones that showed he did not believe his own hopeful words. "Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant" by Hugh S. Fullerton
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The rest depends upon you, and you alone, and I am not very hopeful about it. "The Great Impersonation" by E. Phillips Oppenheim