unhopeful
Anticipating bad outcomes
Unhopeful describes a lack of hope or optimism about an outcome: She was unhopeful about her chances of getting the job.
The word is less common than hopeless, which it resembles but doesn't quite match—unhopeful suggests an absence of hope rather than complete despair.
The forecast left us unhopeful for a sunny weekend.
Having lost confidence or enthusiasm
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
- downcastSad or despondent
dispirited · dismayed · defeated · deflated · low · despondent · glum · disappointed
Doubting human goodness
- fatalisticBelieving events are inevitable
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
- defeatistOne expecting inevitable failure
- dismissiveShowing contemptuous disregard
nihilistic · despairing · foreboding · jaded · world-weary · grim · bleak · dark
Inclined to question claims
- uncertainNot firmly known
- hesitantSlow to act
- waryGuardedly alert
- distrustfulLacking faith in others
questioning · ambivalent · tentative · dubious · unsure · unconvinced · mistrustful · leery
Severely emotionally distressed
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- bereftDeprived through loss
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
- forlornSad and abandoned
wretched · grief-stricken · desolate · distraught · broken · crushed · devastated · miserable
discouraged
Having lost confidence or enthusiasm
- disheartenedLost confidence or hope
- demoralizedStripped of confidence
- crestfallenSad from disappointment
downcast · dispirited · dismayed · defeated · deflated · low · despondent · glum · disappointed · resigned
cynical
Doubting human goodness
- fatalisticBelieving events are inevitable
- negativeOpposite of affirmative
- defeatistOne expecting inevitable failure
dismissive · nihilistic · despairing · foreboding · jaded · world-weary · grim · bleak · dark · dire
skeptical
Inclined to question claims
distrustful · questioning · ambivalent · tentative · dubious · unsure · unconvinced · mistrustful · leery · guarded
anguished
Severely emotionally distressed
- desperateDriven by urgent need
- bereftDeprived through loss
- inconsolableUnable to be comforted
forlorn · wretched · grief-stricken · desolate · distraught · broken · crushed · devastated · miserable · lost
unhopefulhopeful
Feeling positive expectation
optimistic · expectant · sanguine · confident · buoyant
unhopefulpromising
Showing signs of success
auspicious · hopeful · encouraging · propitious · favorable
hope, hopeful, hopeless, hoping, hoped, hopefully, hopelessness, hopelessly, hopefulness