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Happy vs. Hopeful

Happy and Hopeful Definitions

Happy

Enjoying, showing, or marked by pleasure, satisfaction, or joy
A happy child.
The happiest day of my life.

Hopeful

Having or manifesting hope.

Happy

Cheerful; willing
Happy to help.

Hopeful

Inspiring hope; promising.

Happy

Characterized by good luck
A happy sequence of events.

Hopeful

A person who aspires to success or who shows promise of succeeding, especially as a political candidate
A group of presidential hopefuls.
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Happy

Being especially well-adapted; felicitous
A happy turn of phrase.

Hopeful

Feeling hope
I have been very hopeful.
I am hopeful that I will recover from the disease.

Happy

Characterized by a spontaneous or obsessive inclination to use something. Often used in combination
Trigger-happy.

Hopeful

Inspiring hope
It looks hopeful that my father will be able to walk again.

Happy

Enthusiastic about or involved with to a disproportionate degree. Often used in combination
Money-happy.
Clothes-happy.

Hopeful

Someone who is hoping for success or victory, especially as a candidate in a political election.
Several presidential hopefuls are campaigning in New Hampshire this week.
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Happy

Having a feeling arising from a consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, such as comfort, peace, or tranquillity; blissful, contented, joyous.
Music makes me feel happy.

Hopeful

Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.
Men of their own natural inclination hopeful and strongly conceited.

Happy

Experiencing the effect of favourable fortune; favored by fortune or luck; fortunate, lucky, propitious.

Hopeful

Having qualities which excite hope; affording promise of good or of success; as, a hopeful youth; a hopeful prospect.

Happy

Content, willing, satisfied (with or to do something); having no objection (to something).
Are you happy to pay me back by the end of the week?
Yes, I am happy with the decision.

Hopeful

An ambitious and aspiring young person;
A lofty aspirant
Two executive hopefuls joined the firm
The audience was full of Madonna wannabes
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Happy

(Of acts, speech, etc.) Appropriate, apt, felicitous.
A happy coincidence

Hopeful

Having or manifesting or inspiring hope;
A line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets
Found a hopeful way of attacking the problem

Happy

(in combination) Favoring or inclined to use.
Slaphappy, trigger-happy

Hopeful

Presaging good fortune;
She made a fortunate decision to go to medical school
Rosy predictions

Happy

Dexterous, ready, skilful.

Happy

Implying 'May you have a happy ~' or similar; used in phrases to wish someone happiness or good fortune at the time of a festival, celebration, or other event or activity.
Happy birthday!, Happy Fourth of July!, Happy anniversary!, Happy job-hunting!

Happy

A happy event, thing, person, etc.

Happy

Often followed by up: to become happy; to brighten up, to cheer up.

Happy

Often followed by up: to make happy; to brighten, to cheer, to enliven.

Happy

Favored by hap, luck, or fortune; lucky; fortunate; successful; prosperous; satisfying desire; as, a happy expedient; a happy effort; a happy venture; a happy omen.
Chymists have been more happy in finding experiments than the causes of them.

Happy

Experiencing the effect of favorable fortune; having the feeling arising from the consciousness of well-being or of enjoyment; enjoying good of any kind, as peace, tranquillity, comfort; contented; joyous; as, happy hours, happy thoughts.
Happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
The learned is happy Nature to explore,The fool is happy that he knows no more.

Happy

Dexterous; ready; apt; felicitous.
One gentleman is happy at a reply, another excels in a in a rejoinder.

Happy

Enjoying or showing or marked by joy or pleasure or good fortune;
A happy smile
Spent many happy days on the beach
A happy marriage

Happy

Experiencing pleasure or joy;
Happy you are here
Pleased with the good news

Happy

Marked by good fortune;
A felicitous life
A happy outcome

Happy

Satisfied; enjoying well-being and contentment;
Felt content with her lot
Quite happy to let things go on as they are

Happy

Exaggerated feeling of well-being or elation

Happy

Well expressed and to the point;
A happy turn of phrase
A few well-chosen words
A felicitous comment

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