Word: nonhopeful
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: non
hope
ful
Definition: Not hopeful.
Morphemes:
Affix: non-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: Used in the sense of no or none to show lack of or failure to perform; or in the sense of not to negate the meaning of the word to which it is prefixed.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: nōn
Language: ML.
Decoded: non
Meaning: not
Affix: hope
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To be optimistic; be full of hope; have hopes.
Affix: -ful
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns. Full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun.