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wishful
adjective
uk /ˈwɪʃ.fəl/ us /ˈwɪʃ.fəl/
imagining or discussing what you wish or hope for, especially when this is very unlikely to happen :
It would be great if we could get the entire class back together for a reunion, but that might be a wishful thought.
He claimed that he could catch 12 fish in an hour, but that may have been a wishful exaggeration.
The show presents a wishful vision of the world as one big happy family.
This claim is just wishful fantasy on their part.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Hoping and hopefulness
appealingly
beyond someone's expectations
boosterish
boosterism
bright spot
fancy
hope springs eternalidiom
hopeful
hopefully
hopefulness
ill
it's an ill wind (that blows nobody any good)idiom
over-optimism
over-optimistic
over-optimistically
pin your hopes on something/someoneidiom
pious
pipe dream
positively
wing
See also
wishful thinking Related wordwish
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