Meaning = A feeling of expectation and desire for a certain thing to happen / to want something to happen.

Word Meaning = Full of hope.

Example = She is hopeful about getting the job.

Word Meaning = Without hope.

Example = The man is hopeless.

Form → Nouns.

This suffix typically converts adjectives that describe a state, quality, or condition into nouns representing those attributes.

1. Adjective + -ness → Noun

   • happy → happiness

   • dark → darkness

   • kind → kindness

Word Meaning = The feeling of having hope.

Sentence example = His speech spread a feeling of hopefulness.

Word meaning = The feeling of having no hope.

Sentence example = You could have a sense of hopelessness by the look on the boy behind the fence.

Word Meaning = In a hopeful manner/way.

Sentence example = Hopefully all the runners will finish the race without any injuries.

Form → Adverbs.

Example = happy → happily

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Less common:

Added to → Nouns

Form → Adjectives that describe qualities or characteristics related to the original noun.

Example = man → manly,

woman → womanly

Sentence = Her graceful manner and compassionate approach were considered deeply womanly traits.

Synonym = Hopeless

Example = He was unhopeful about his test results.

Form → Adjectives/Verbs

(Opposite meaning of the original word)

Example =

do → undo (to reverse the action of doing)

certain → uncertain (not certain)

Form → Adjectives.

Describes having a lot of, or being full of, a particular quality or characteristic.

Examples =

beauty → beautiful, power → powerful

play → playful, hand → handful

The nouns that these are formed from are usually containers.

• spoon – spoonful

• cup – cupful

Form → Adjectives

Creates adjectives that describe a lack of something, logically conveys the absence of the quality or thing described by the base word.

care → careless, help → helpless

Word Meaning = In a hopeless manner/way.

Sentence Example = After the shipwreck, they were hopelessly lost at sea.