mock
disenchant
overhope
hope
unlikely
discomfit
hopefulness
pray
let-down
optimistically
optimize
flat out
fail
betray
disappoint
piss on someone's bonfire
rain on someone's parade
rest
unpessimistically
pessimistically
unpessimistic
uncheery
balk
best of luck
reach for the stars
take the count
unminimizable
rosily
dream
hope against hope
hopefully
starry-eyed
hopingly
let down
Panglossian
propitiatingly
well-intentioned
keep one's fingers crossed
afterthought
Eeyorish
done
not as green as one is cabbage-looking
consolation
bold
foolproof
rethinkable
forlorn
ungainsaid
iterable
indulgence