Not everyone is so pessimistic about the future...
Hardy has often been criticised for an excessively pessimistic view of life.
...one of the most pessimistic forecasts for 1992.
`But it'll not happen,' she concluded pessimistically.
English dictionary. 2008.
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 — adj. VERBS ▪ be, feel, look, prove, seem, sound ▪ These figures look quite pessimistic. ▪ become, grow … Collocations 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 — 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
