op‧ti‧mis‧tic /ˌɒptəmɪstɪk $ ˌɑːp-/ adjective 1. Someone who is optimistic is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular. Ah, summer in England!
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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. But did you know that the longest word composed entirely of letters from the first half of the alphabet is the 12-letter fiddledeedee? Does your subconscious link them to glamour and derring-do…or pleasure…or even terror? We have almost 200 lists of words from topics as varied as types of butterflies, jackets, currencies, vegetables and knots! optimistic (that) We are still relatively optimistic that the factory can be saved. Download our English Dictionary apps - available for both iOS and Android. Or something more sinister, like Hannibal Lecter? How to use optimistic in a sentence. Optimistic definition is - of, relating to, or characterized by optimism : feeling or showing hope for the future. Someone who's a tad too confident this way is also sometimes called optimistic. [ Also + about] See failure as a new start. (make) encouraging/optimistic etc noises (about something) The test results made him feel more hopeful about his chances of recovery. thinking about what is good in a situation, rather than what is badThe prime minister was upbeat, predicting that the economy would soon come out of recession.an upbeat message about the party’s chances of winning the electionStockmarket analysts expect the bullish trend to continue.Koons himself somehow remains sanguine in the face of all the criticism.Other commentators are less sanguine, and fear that the world economy is on the verge of recession.Returning soldiers found life less rosy than they had hoped.The price of oil keeps going up, and things look pretty rosy for the big oil companies.Look on the bright side – it could have been a lot worse.
Failure is not the end, in fact it is often the beginning of something … Think of masks and what comes to mind?