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hopium

/ˈhəʊ.pi.əm/US/ˈhoʊ.pi.əm/

hopium noun: a clinging to unreasonable or unfounded hopes.

Noun

hopium (uncountable)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, idiomatic) A clinging to unreasonable or unfounded hopes.
    • Hopium can make you see potential in the grimmest set of circumstances.2016, Tracy Schorn, Leave a Cheater, Gain a Life: The Chump Lady's Survival Guide, Hachette, →ISBN
    • This way, we might avoid depression, panic, denial, and hopium for good or bad news, any of which renders us more unrealistic, unprepared, and unwell.2020, Jack Adam Weber, Carolyn Baker, Climate Cure: Heal Yourself to Heal the Planet, Llewellyn Worldwide, →ISBN

hopium meaning in Bengali

hopium in Bengali

অযৌক্তিক, ভিত্তিহীন আশায় আঁকড়ে থাকা

Forms of hopium

alternative formhopeium

Origin of hopium

Blend of hope + opium, as though it were a drug; regarding the surface analysis as hope + -ium, see copium § Etymology.

Words that rhyme with hopium

Questions about hopium

What does hopium mean?
Hopium means a clinging to unreasonable or unfounded hopes.
What is hopium in Bengali?
Hopium in Bengali is অযৌক্তিক, ভিত্তিহীন আশায় আঁকড়ে থাকা. See Hopium meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is hopium?
Hopium is a noun.
How do you pronounce hopium?
Hopium is pronounced /ˈhəʊ.pi.əm/ (UK).

Words near hopium in the dictionary

  1. hoping
  2. hoping against hope
  3. hopingly
  4. hopings
  5. Hopis
  6. hopium
  7. Hopkin
  8. Hopkins
  9. Hopkins County
  10. Hopkins Creek
  11. Hopkinsian

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hopium (page history and authors); hopium (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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