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