| Hope |
n. |
A sloping plain between mountain ridges. |
| Hope |
n. |
A small bay; an inlet; a haven. |
| 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. |
| Hope |
n. |
One who, or that which, gives hope, furnishes ground of expectation, or promises desired good. |
| Hope |
n. |
That which is hoped for; an object of hope. |
| Hope |
v. i. |
To entertain or indulge hope; to cherish a desire of good, or of something welcome, with expectation of obtaining it or belief that it is obtainable; to expect;
usually followed by for. |
| Hope |
v. i. |
To place confidence; to trust with confident expectation of good;
usually followed by in. |
| Hope |
v. t. |
To desire with expectation or with belief in the possibility or prospect of obtaining; to look forward to as a thing desirable, with the expectation of obtaining it; to cherish hopes of. |
| Hope |
v. t. |
To expect; to fear. |
| Hoped |
imp. & p. p. |
of Hope |
| Hopeful |
a. |
Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant. |
| Hopeful |
a. |
Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect. |
| Hopeite |
n. |
A hydrous phosphate of zinc in transparent prismatic crystals. |
| Hopeless |
a. |
Destitute of hope; having no expectation of good; despairing. |
| Hopeless |
a. |
Giving no ground of hope; promising nothing desirable; desperate; as, a hopeless cause. |
| Hopeless |
a. |
Unhoped for; despaired of. |
| Hoper |
n. |
One who hopes. |
