pessimistic — I adjective cheerless, crushed, cynical, defeatist, dejected, depressed, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, distrustful, downcast, downhearted, foreboding, forlorn, gloomy, glum,… … Law dictionary
pessimistic — 1868, formed in English from PESSIMIST (Cf. pessimist) + IC (Cf. ic) … Etymology dictionary
pessimistic — *cynical, misanthropic, misogynic Analogous words: gloomy, morose (see SULLEN): depressed, oppressed, weighed down (see DEPRESS) Antonyms: optimistic Contrasted words: sanguine, *confident, assured … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pessimistic — [adj] expecting bad outcome bleak, cynical, dark, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, discouraged, distrustful, downhearted, fatalistic, foreboding, gloomy, glum, hopeless, melancholy, misanthropic, morbid, morose, resigned, sad, sullen … New thesaurus
pessimistic — [pes΄ə mis′tik] adj. of or characterized by pessimism; expecting the worst SYN. CYNICAL pessimistically adv … English World dictionary
pessimistic — 01. I don t want to be [pessimistic], but, I think we have little chance of winning the game. 02. John s [pessimistic] appraisal of the project shouldn t keep us from giving it a try. 03. Some people believe that the Buddha s teachings are… … Grammatical examples in English
pessimistic — [[t]pe̱sɪmɪ̱stɪk[/t]] ADJ GRADED: oft ADJ about n Someone who is pessimistic thinks that bad things are going to happen. Not everyone is so pessimistic about the future... Hardy has often been criticised for an excessively pessimistic view of… … English dictionary
pessimistic — pessimist pes‧si‧mist [ˈpesmɪst] noun [countable] someone who always expects that things will get worse or that bad things will happen in the future: • Pessimists are predicting a downturn in the economy. opposite optimist pessimistic adjective… … Financial and business terms
pessimistic — pes|si|mis|tic [ˌpesıˈmıstık] adj expecting that bad things will happen in the future or that something will have a bad result ≠ ↑optimistic ▪ a pessimistic view of life pessimistic about ▪ He remains deeply pessimistic about the peace process.… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pessimistic — pes|si|mis|tic [ ,pesə mıstık ] adjective * thinking that the worst thing will happen in every situation: a pessimistic assessment of the overall situation pessimistic about: Doctors are pessimistic about his chances of making a full recovery. ╾… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
