Antonym: hopeless. Similar words: hopefully, hope, forceful, doleful, ruefully, graceful, grateful, to the full. Meaning: ['həʊpfʊl] 
n. an ambitious and aspiring young person. adj. 1. having or manifesting or inspiring hope 2. presaging good fortune.
n. an ambitious and aspiring young person. adj. 1. having or manifesting or inspiring hope 2. presaging good fortune. 
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31 Many a young hopeful went toHollywood.
32 The future does not seem very hopeful.
33 Things aren't looking very hopeful at the moment.
34 The future did not seem very hopeful.
35 Things don't look very hopeful for John Brown in the presidential elections, but he's still in with a fighting chance.
36 The police remained hopeful that she would be found alive.
37 The government are hopeful that the vote will go their way.
38 Things didn't look too hopeful at the start of the year.
39 Things might get better, but it doesn't look very hopeful right now.
40 There are some fairly hopeful signs of recovery in the US market.
41 Don't get too hopeful. We may not be able to go.
42 We've chartered the aircraft in the hopeful anticipation that the government will allow them to leave.
43 He was hopeful that by sitting together they could both see sense and live as good neighbours.
44 He was hopeful that the next round of talks would also be productive.
45 The vote is a hopeful sign that attitudes in the church are changing.
46 With the passage of time, things began to look more hopeful.
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47 The result of the election in is yet another hopeful sign that peace could come to the Middle East.
48 I am hopeful that we can come to an agreement.
49 I'm not very hopeful.
50 I wish I could give a more hopeful answer.
51 Lakeisha is hopeful about the future.
52 But they remain merely hopeful signs.
53 We hopeful godparents are getting seriously impatient.
54 The motor industry remains hopeful of eventual success.
55 The peace talks concluded on a hopeful note.
56 A faint but more hopeful splutter, this time.
57 But his hopeful look started to fade.
58 At other times, his statements undermined such hopeful words.
59 On Thursday, there were some hopeful signs.
60 I'm quite hopeful that I'll get the job.
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