MICAWBERISH meaning: Optimistically hopeful despite adverse circumstances - OneLook

Usually means: Optimistically hopeful despite adverse circumstances.

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Micawberish: Merriam-Webster
Micawberish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
Micawberish: Collins English Dictionary
Micawberish: TheFreeDictionary.com
Micawberish: Wiktionary

(Note: See micawber as well.)

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▸ adjective: Synonym of Micawberesque

Similar:

Kafkaish, Dilbertesque, Meldrewesque, Miss Havishamesque, Faulknerish, Seinfeldesque, Pickwickian, Ibsenish, weaselish, gibberishy, more...

Opposite:

pessimistic, gloomy, negative, defeatist

Types:

optimistic, hopeful, pessimistic, negative, cynical, more...

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Similar:

Kafkaish, Dilbertesque, Meldrewesque, Miss Havishamesque, Faulknerish, Seinfeldesque, Pickwickian, Ibsenish, weaselish, gibberishy, more...

Opposite:

pessimistic, gloomy, negative, defeatist

Types:

optimistic, hopeful, pessimistic, negative, cynical, more...

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