Result from Foreign Dictionaries (2 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hopeful \Hope"ful\, a.
1. Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope;
expectant.
[1913 Webster]
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and
strongly conceited. --Hooker.
[1913 Webster]
2. Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of
good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful
prospect. "Hopeful scholars." --Addison. -- {Hope"ful*ly},
adv. -- {Hope"ful*ness}, n.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
hopefulness
n 1: full of hope
2: the feeling you have when you have hope [ant: {hopelessness}]