Definition: 1. The optimistic feeling that all is going to turn out well. 2. A general disposition to expect the best in all things.
Use 'optimism' in a sentence:
1. His scheme blew up in his face after all, despite his optimism.
2. History and news become confused, and one's impressions tend to be a mixture of skepticism and optimism.
3. Some qualities are less challenging to develop than others, optimism being one of them.
4. They ended the discussion on a note of optimism.
5. I set off, full of optimism.
6. In the interview he gave some grounds for optimism.
7. That is how I found myself on the road with four kids, a baby lamb and nothing but my everlasting optimism to see me through.
8. He explained the optimism of tragedy in an whole new way.
9. A mood of optimism swept through the company and its customers.
10. This is the most solid ground for optimism.
11. I'd caution you against undue optimism.
12. This was compared to those participants who reported the lowest levels of optimism.
13. There are very real grounds for optimism.
14. Every action to save nature will improve our collective and personal futures and the only way to respond to a threat of this scale is with determined action rooted in headstrong optimism.
15. Optimism was gradually taking the place of pessimism.
16. There was a glow on his face, wrinkled by a life time of suffering, that inspired one with a feeling of unshakable optimism.
17. Eyen as a child observed people who were poor or disabled or ill, but who nonetheless faced life with optimism and vigor.
18. I had to smile at his optimism.
19. Your optimism has been badly shaken over the past months.
20. The new study appears to be the first to specifically look at the relationship between optimism and longevity.
21. Both parties expressed optimism about an eventual solution.
22. It is also important to note that the study found only a correlation, as researchers did not prove for certain that optimism leads to a longer life.
23. This was not optimism, it was delusion.
24. General optimism and pessimism count.
25. "They expressed optimism, calmness and sympathy even when these were not the emotions that they were actually feeling," the study said.
26. That study found that participants who reported the highest levels of optimism were far more likely to live to age 85 or beyond.
27. His optimism blinded him to many problems.
28. It now seems their optimism was premature.
29. All sides have expressed cautious optimism about the announcement.
30. UN officials are expressing cautious optimism that the latest ceasefire is holding.
31. Every day of sunshine strengthens the feelings of optimism.
32. We must confront future with optimism.
33. The bypass held a new era in motor travel and was greeted with excitement and optimism.
34. Optimism and pessimism are both powerful forces, and each of us must choose which we want to shape our outlook and our expectations.
35. If the findings are true, they suggest that optimism could serve as a psychological trait that promotes health and a longer life.
36. Optimism remains the right starting-point, but for workers the dislocating effects of technology may make themselves evident faster than its rhythm.
37. He radiated self-confidence and optimism.
38. Optimism about the US economy has been a rare commodity lately.
39. While excessive optimism can promote bad investment patterns, resulting in a real-estate "bubble," the report's writers downplay that potential outcome in that it has not yet occurred.
40. Optimism may foster good habits that bolster health.
41. Only time will tell whether Broughton's optimism is justified.
42. The music of the time mirrored the feeling of optimism in the country.
43. He was a strong leader with unbounded optimism.
44. Now is the time to forge ahead with all the enthusiasm and optimism that you can manage.
45. His new-found optimism dissolved.
46. They expressed cautious optimism about a solution to the crisis.
47. This result gives us all the more reason for optimism.
