HOPING Antonyms

• arising from or marked by despair or loss of hope

• try to prevent; show opposition to

• deprive of courage or hope; take away hope from; cause to feel discouraged

• advise or counsel in terms of someone's behavior

• depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action

• expressing disapproval in order to dissuade

• take away the enthusiasm of

• destructive of morale and self-reliance

• the feeling of despair in the face of obstacles

• fear resulting from the awareness of danger

• lower someone's spirits; make downhearted

• fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised

• causing consternation

• the state of being unsure of something

• uncertainty about the truth or factuality or existence of something

• consider unlikely

• lack confidence in

• marked by or given to doubt

• fearful expectation or anticipation

• causing fear or dread or terror

• be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

• an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

• an anxious feeling

• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

• be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

• be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

• be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement

• be uneasy or apprehensive about

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

• the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

• dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

• to have and express negative sentiments about a person

• find repugnant

• hate coupled with disgust

• be against; express opposition to

• fight against or resist strongly

• contrast with equal weight or force

• set into opposition or rivalry

• act against or in opposition to

• be resistant to

• characterized by active hostility

• fearful expectation or anticipation

• causing fear or dread or terror

• be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

• an emotion experienced in anticipation of some specific pain or danger (usually accompanied by a desire to flee or fight)

• an anxious feeling

• a feeling of profound respect for someone or something

• be afraid or feel anxious or apprehensive about a possible or probable situation or event

• be afraid or scared of; be frightened of

• be sorry; used to introduce an unpleasant statement

• be uneasy or apprehensive about

• regard with feelings of respect and reverence; consider hallowed or exalted or be in awe of

• the emotion of intense dislike; a feeling of dislike so strong that it demands action

• dislike intensely; feel antipathy or aversion towards

• to have and express negative sentiments about a person