hopeful
- n an ambitious and aspiring young person
two executive hopefuls joined the firm - a having or manifesting hope
a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets
found a hopeful way of attacking the problem - s full or promise
a hopeful new singer on Broadway
hopeless
- a without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success
in an agony of hopeless grief
with a hopeless sigh he sat down - s of a person unable to do something skillfully
I'm hopeless at mathematics - s certain to fail
the situation is hopeless - s (informal to emphasize how bad it is) beyond hope of management or reform
she handed me a hopeless jumble of papers
he is a hopeless romantic