hoping
Wanting something badly
Hoping is the present participle of hope—to want something to happen and believe it might.
It describes the state of holding that expectation: I'm hoping for good news, hoping against hope that she'd call.
Hoping often softens requests: I was hoping you could help me.
Intense prolonged craving
- wishingDesiring something hoped-for
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- piningAching with prolonged desire
- cravingPowerful urge to have
hankering · desire · aching · wanting · eagerness · anticipation · daydreaming · fantasizing
State of being unsure
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
- worryTroubled mental state
- fearEmotional response to threat
- hesitationDelay from uncertainty
apprehension · concern · trepidation · unease · misgiving · insecurity · skepticism · ambivalence
Hopeful mental orientation
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- faithTrust without proof
- trustConfidence in another
- buoyancyFluid's upward resistance
sanguinity · cheerfulness · enthusiasm · resilience · idealism · uplift · belief · assurance
yearning
Intense prolonged craving
- wishingDesiring something hoped-for
- longingIntense, persistent desire
- piningAching with prolonged desire
craving · hankering · desire · aching · wanting · eagerness · anticipation · daydreaming · fantasizing · imagining
uncertainty
State of being unsure
hesitation · apprehension · concern · trepidation · unease · misgiving · insecurity · skepticism · ambivalence · reservation
positivity
Hopeful mental orientation
- confidenceSelf-assurance or trust
- faithTrust without proof
- trustConfidence in another
buoyancy · sanguinity · cheerfulness · enthusiasm · resilience · idealism · uplift · belief · assurance · conviction
dreams
Involuntary sleep visions
vision · aim · purpose · intention · striving · endeavors · pursuits · aspirations · objective · quest
- gerundswalking, running, talking, eating, sleeping
- longingyearning, pining, craving, hankering, wishing
- idle actionsfidgeting, waiting, twiddling thumbs, daydreaming, lounging
- desireswant, wish, desire, wanting, yearning
- wantingwant, desire, crave, yearn, long
- thinkingthinking, reasoning, thought, ponder, contemplate
hopingdespairing
Completely without hope
dreading · fearing · pessimistic · foreboding · distrusting
hopingdespairing
Completely without hope
giving up · desperate · hopeless · resigned · surrendering
hopingresigning
Giving up a post
giving up · giving in · acquiescing · withdrawing · disengaging
- hoping forWishing something occurs
- hoping for the best
hope, hopeful, hopeless, hopes, hoped, hopelessness, hopelessly, hopefulness, hopefuls