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hopefull

hopefull is the archaic form of hopeful.

Meaning of hopeful

Adjective

hopeful (comparative more hopeful, superlative most hopeful)

  1. feeling hope
    • I have been very hopeful.
  2. inspiring hope
    • It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again.

See all 3 meanings of hopeful

Forms of hopefull

comparativemore hopefull
superlativemost hopefull

Questions about hopefull

What is hopefull the archaic form of?
Hopefull is the archaic form of hopeful.

Words near hopefull in the dictionary

  1. hopedst
  2. Hopefield
  3. hopeful
  4. hopeful monster
  5. hopeful monsters
  6. hopefull
  7. hopefuller
  8. hopefullest
  9. hopefully
  10. hopefulness
  11. hopefulnesses

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hopefull (page history and authors); hopeful (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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