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Synonyms for cynical
ˈsɪn ɪ kəlcyn·i·cal

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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 4 votes

  1. cynical

    Synonyms:
    sarcastic, snarling, snappish, sneering, cross-grained, currish, carping

    Antonyms:
    genial, lenient, complaisant, urbane

Princeton's WordNet2.9 / 7 votes

  1. cynical, misanthropic, misanthropicaladjective

    believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

    Synonyms:
    misanthropical, misanthropic

    Antonyms:
    trustful, trusting

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  1. List of paraphrases for "cynical":

    cynic, sarcastic, callous

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How to use cynical in a sentence?

  1. Jeanette Mott Oxford:

    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.

  2. Taylor Budowich:

    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.

  3. 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.

  4. Chuck Schumer:

    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.

  5. Lionel Trilling:

    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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