Definition of hope

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Hope (n.) A desire of some good, accompanied with an expectation of obtaining it, or a belief that it is obtainable; an expectation of something which is thought to be desirable; confidence; pleasing expectancy..

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Despondency :: Despondency (n.) The state of desponding; loss of hope and cessation of effort; discouragement; depression or dejection of the mind.
Disappointed :: Disappointed (a.) Defeated of expectation or hope; balked; as, a disappointed person or hope..
Encourage :: Encourage (v. t.) To give courage to; to inspire with courage, spirit, or hope; to raise, or to increase, the confidence of; to animate; enhearten; to incite; to help forward; -- the opposite of discourage..
Reprobate :: Reprobate (v. t.) To abandon to punishment without hope of pardon.
Flatter :: Flatter (v. t.) To raise hopes in; to encourage or favorable, but sometimes unfounded or deceitful, representations..
Hope :: Hope (n.) That which is hoped for; an object of hope.
Promise :: Promise (v. i.) To afford hopes or expectation; to give ground to expect good; rarely, to give reason to expect evil..
Despond :: Despond (v. i.) To give up, the will, courage, or spirit; to be thoroughly disheartened; to lose all courage; to become dispirited or depressed; to take an unhopeful view..
Pandora :: Pandora (n.) A beautiful woman (all-gifted), whom Jupiter caused Vulcan to make out of clay in order to punish the human race, because Prometheus had stolen the fire from heaven. Jupiter gave Pandora a box containing all human ills, which, when the box was opened, escaped and spread over the earth. Hope alone remained in the box. Another version makes the box contain all the blessings of the gods, which were lost to men when Pandora opened it..
Irrelievable :: Irrelievable (a.) Not admitting relief; incurable; hopeless.
Orthopedical :: Orthopedical (a.) Pertaining to, or employed in, orthopedy; relating to the prevention or cure of deformities of children, or, in general, of the human body at any age; as, orthopedic surgery; an orthopedic hospital..
Decay :: Decay (v. i.) To pass gradually from a sound, prosperous, or perfect state, to one of imperfection, adversity, or dissolution; to waste away; to decline; to fail; to become weak, corrupt, or disintegrated; to rot; to perish; as, a tree decays; fortunes decay; hopes decay..
Despairing :: Despairing (a.) Feeling or expressing despair; hopeless.
Bishoped :: Bishoped (imp. & p. p.) of Bisho.
Fallible :: Fallible (a.) Liable to fail, mistake, or err; liable to deceive or to be deceived; as, all men are fallible; our opinions and hopes are fallible..
Desperation :: Desperation (n.) A state of despair, or utter hopeless; abandonment of hope; extreme recklessness; reckless fury..
Stolidity :: Stolid (a.) Hopelessly insensible or stupid; not easily aroused or excited; dull; impassive; foolish.
Blank :: Blank (a.) Lacking characteristics which give variety; as, a blank desert; a blank wall; destitute of interests, affections, hopes, etc.; as, to live a blank existence; destitute of sensations; as, blank unconsciousness..
Bishoped :: Bishoped (imp. & p. p.) of Bisho.
Hopeful :: Hopeful (a.) Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect..
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