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hopefulness

hopefulness noun: the property of being hopeful.

Noun

hopefulness (usually uncountable, plural hopefulnesses)

  1. (usually) The property of being hopeful.
    • "In the Memory of the Forest" is remarkable for the acuity of its moral vision and the vivacity of its language; what makes it extraordinary is its persuasive hopefulness.1997 April 13, Ken Kalfus, “The Disappeared”, in The New York Times

hopefulness meaning in Kannada

hopefulness in Kannada

hopefulness, confidence, trust, high probability
ಉಮೇದು umēdu

Antonyms of hopefulness

Forms of hopefulness

pluralhopefulnesses

Origin of hopefulness

From hopeful + -ness.

Questions about hopefulness

What does hopefulness mean?
Hopefulness means the property of being hopeful.
What is hopefulness in Kannada?
Hopefulness in Kannada is ಉಮೇದು (umēdu). See Hopefulness meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is hopefulness?
Hopefulness is a noun.
What is the plural of hopefulness?
The plural of hopefulness is hopefulnesses.

Words near hopefulness in the dictionary

  1. hopeful monsters
  2. hopefull
  3. hopefuller
  4. hopefullest
  5. hopefully
  6. hopefulness
  7. hopefulnesses
  8. hopefuls
  9. Hopeh
  10. Hopei
  11. hopein

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hopefulness (page history and authors); ಉಮೇದು (Kannada) (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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