Usually means: Unrealistically optimistic, ignoring negative aspects.
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  1. Pollyannaish: Merriam-Webster
  2. Pollyannaish: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. pollyannaish: Collins English Dictionary
  4. pollyannaish: Vocabulary.com
  5. Pollyannaish: Wordnik
  6. Pollyannaish, pollyannaish: Wiktionary
  7. pollyannaish: Dictionary.com
  8. pollyannaish: Rhymezone
  9. pollyannaish: FreeDictionary.org
  10. pollyannaish: Mnemonic Dictionary
  11. pollyannaish: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. pollyannaish: Encyclopedia

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  1. Pollyannaish: Urban Dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (derogatory) Unreasonably optimistic.
▸ adjective:  Alternative form of Pollyannaish [(derogatory) Unreasonably optimistic.]

Similar:
cheerful, optimistic, upbeat, rose-coloured, rosy, glass-half-full, upful, life-affirming, blitheful, positive, more...

Types:
over-optimistic, unrealistic, rose-colored, idealistic, more...

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Similar:
cheerful, optimistic, upbeat, rose-coloured, rosy, glass-half-full, upful, life-affirming, blitheful, positive, more...

Types:
over-optimistic, unrealistic, rose-colored, idealistic, more...



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