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Synonyms for cynical
ˈsɪn ɪ kəlcyn·i·cal
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cynical, misanthropic, misanthropicaladjective
believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
Synonyms:
misanthropical, misanthropic
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#120701 | misanthropic | |
#238388 | snappish |
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When you live in an urban area, there is money needed for public safety, public health, even just repairing potholes, i just became so cynical.
Today, magistrate Judge Reinhard [sic] rejected the DOJ’s cynical attempt to hide the whole affidavit from Americans, no redactions should be necessary and the whole affidavit should bereleased, given the Democrats’ penchant for using redactions to hide government corruption, just like they did with the Russia hoax.
Craig Klugman of DePaul University:
I'd like to think this is a well-meaning way to make compassionate-use decisions as objective as possible, but my cynical side says it gives the company another way to say no.
It is not a final deadline for legislative text. It is not a cynical ploy, it is not a fish-or-cut-bait moment. It is not an attempt to jam anyone. It is only a signal that Senate Democrats is ready to get the process started – something Senate Democrats has routinely done on other bipartisan bills this year.
We are at heart so profoundly anarchistic that the only form of state we can imagine living in is Utopian; and so cynical that the only Utopia we can believe in is authoritarian.
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- ساخرArabic
- циниченBulgarian
- cynickýCzech
- kyniskDanish
- zynischGerman
- κυνικός, ωμόςGreek
- cínicoSpanish
- cyniqueFrench
- searbhasach, dranndanachScottish Gaelic
- ցինիկArmenian
- cinicoItalian
- 皮肉Japanese
- MORDAXLatin
- sinisMalay
- kyniskNorwegian
- cynischDutch
- kyniskNorwegian Nynorsk
- kyniskNorwegian
- cínicoPortuguese
- cinicRomanian
- циничныйRussian
- cìničanSerbo-Croatian
- cyniskSwedish
- küçümseyiciTurkish
- Hoài nghiVietnamese
- 憤世嫉俗的Chinese
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