What does overhope mean?
Overhope means Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption..
Overhope
Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Meaning
Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption..
Definitions by Sense
- Excessive hope or anticipation; presumption.
- (UK dialectal) Hopefulness; sanguineness.
- To hope excessively; presume.
- (transitive, UK dialectal) To hope constantly.
Example Sentences
If the good turn out less than you hoped for, good though it be, yet because it is not so good, it seems to you more like a loss than a gain, by reason of the overhope.
I'll cast this observation a little too broadly to make the point clearer: many principals "overhoped" that computers would have miraculous effects on all students exposed to them even if only for a few minutes per week, and now finding …
If we have overhoped ourselves in the hay we may have done the same with the hogs.
Synonyms for overhope
Antonyms for overhope
Related Words
Word Forms
- overhopes
- overhoping
- overhoped
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How do you use overhope in a sentence?
If the good turn out less than you hoped for, good though it be, yet because it is not so good, it seems to you more like a loss than a gain, by reason of the overhope.
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