Synonyms for pollyannaish
pol·lyan·naish

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1. cheerful, pollyannaish, upbeatadjective

   pleasantly (even unrealistically) optimistic

   Synonyms:
   cheerful, upbeat

   Antonyms:
   pessimistic

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1. unsympathetic

   because the concept of pollyannaish shows foolish optimistism and is therefore unrealistic and unfeeling.

   at the death of her husband, her neighbor chirped in a pollyannaish way "well, cheer up because he's no longer in pain".

   Submitted by jnftaylor91 on July 9, 2019  

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How to use pollyannaish in a sentence?

1. Madeleine Albright:

   I don't want to sound Pollyannaish, but I hope that out of a tragedy like this something good will come. I hope we understand we're one family.