hopeium
overhope
snottery
marsh light
ignis fatuus
tantalizing
starry-eyed
tantalising
pie in the sky
wishfulness
promises, promises
wanhope
hope against hope
cold water
negativism
flat out
aversely
expectancy
oversanguine
pessimistic
anticipation
false dawn
overpresumption
bet
fail
challenge
promiselessness
on
blue-skies
perfectionism
chase rainbows
idealist
would-be
pie-in-the-sky
mispromise
overexpectantly
manque
swing and a miss
Pollyannaism
rearguard action
siren song
impossible dream
take the wind out of someone's sails
thing
promise the moon
hypothesize
despair
will o' the wisp
panicky
terrified
rude awakening
panicked
unpromisingness
fanciful
overpresumptuous
panic-struck
frightened
panic-stricken
Panglossianism
overkill
clamorous
utopian
nonexpectation
Panglossian
avarice
ifs and ans
outsight
inexpectation
chase a rainbow
conservative
fall back
miserabilist
the cake is a lie
overpessimism
let down
calamitist
Barmecide feast
flaker
gimme a break
wantableness
threap
velleity
disbelief
disappoint
slough of despond
eggs in moonshine
impossibilism
swear
hang over one's head
vainly
after all
cool
desperation
objectivize
airmonger
objectivate

English words for 'A clinging to unreasonable or unfounded hopes.'

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