looking forward to

ADJECTIVE

hopeful

Synonyms

STRONGEST

buoyant cheerful comfortable confident eager enthusiastic rosy sanguine trusting upbeat

STRONG

calm content faithful high

WEAK

anticipating anticipative assured at ease blithe elated emboldened expecting forward-looking hoping inspirited keeping the faith lighthearted reassured rose-colored satisfied serene trustful unflagging

Antonyms

STRONGEST

apathetic depressed down pessimistic sad unenthusiastic unhappy

WEAK

despairing desperate despondent discouraged fearful low wretched

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looking forward to

Ravi Dhar, director of the Yale Center for Customer Insights, calls this "anticipatory utility" - the pleasure of looking forward to consumption.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

Put like that, it sounds believable when he said in advance he was looking forward to the meeting, but there must have been a jab of nerves too.

From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026

I was most looking forward to trying Readiness, a Series 12 and Ultra 4 feature that’s long been available in competing wearables.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 19, 2026

“I’m not looking forward to that, but I’m looking forward to being with my brothers,” Stokes said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026

I wasn’t looking forward to seeing her, and by eleven-thirty on Friday as I headed up to Alterations, I was ready for Shanghai Chic to be over.

From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu

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