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Synonyms for pessimisticpes·simistic
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Wiktionary
pessimisticadjective
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optimisticpessimisticadjective
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optimisticpessimisticadjective
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optimistic
Princeton's WordNet
pessimisticadjective
expecting the worst possible outcome
Antonyms:
rosy, sanguine, bullish, upbeat, starry-eyed, rose-colored, optimistic, pollyannaish, cheerful
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
pessimisticadjective
Synonyms:
gloomy, foreboding, hopeless
Words popularity by usage frequency
| ranking | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #28701 | gloomy | |
| #32253 | pessimistic | |
| #59538 | sombre | |
| #60958 | downbeat |
How to use pessimistic in a sentence?
There are many reasons to be pessimistic about the campaign, the 'Out' campaign have jolly good arguments superficially... Big business is pathetic and cowardly.
Capital expenditure plans remain fairly strong, so I don't think we need to be too pessimistic about the economy.
From today, I'm no longer pessimistic.
I'm somewhat kind of pessimistic on China. I certainly don't see a crash imminent, but the economy is slower than I would've thought.
I've generally been pessimistic, but I'm a bit more optimistic now that it got mentioned in the president's acceptance speech - at least that it will be a priority of the administration.
Translations for pessimistic
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- متشائمArabic
- pessimistaCatalan, Valencian
- pesimistickýCzech
- pessimistischGerman
- πεσιμιστικός, απαισιόδοξοςGreek
- pesimistaSpanish
- بد بينانه, بدبينPersian
- synkkä, pessimistinen, synkkämielinenFinnish
- pessimisteFrench
- pesszimista, borúlátó, pesszimisztikusHungarian
- հոռետեսականArmenian
- svartsýnn, bölsýnnIcelandic
- 悲観的Japanese
- 비관적Korean
- pessimistiskNorwegian
- pessimistaPortuguese
- пессимистичныйRussian
- песимистичан, pesimističanSerbo-Croatian
- pessimistiskSwedish
- அவநம்பிக்கைTamil
- నిరాTelugu
- karamsar, pesimist, kötümserTurkish
- badimikVolapük
- 悲观Chinese
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