Optimistic: alternatives and connections

Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.

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Partaking of the nature of a bull, or a blunder.

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Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

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Having or showing good spirits or joy; cheering; cheery; contented; happy; joyful; lively; animated; willing.

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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.

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Having the color of a pink rose; rose-pink; of a delicate pink color.

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Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.

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Resembling a rose in color, form, or qualities; blooming; red; blushing; also, adorned with roses.

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Having the color of blood; red.

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Having the color of blood; red.

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Abounding with blood; sanguine.

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Abounding with blood; sanguine.

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The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is…

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The opinion or doctrine that everything in nature, being the work of God, is ordered for the best, or that the ordering of things in the universe is…

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Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.

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Full of hope, or agreeable expectation; inclined to hope; expectant.

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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Having a real position, existence, or energy; existing in fact; real; actual; -- opposed to negative.

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Confirmative; ratifying; as, an act affirmative of common law.

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Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.

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Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.

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