Pessi attitude
- noun
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actitud pesimista
- His Pessi attitude leads him to expect failure even before trying.
Examples
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Her Pessi attitude often caused her friends to feel discouraged and lose hope.
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You need to drop that Pessi attitude if you want to enjoy the trip.
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Her Pessi attitude made it hard for the team to stay motivated.
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Whenever something goes wrong, he blames it on his Pessi attitude.
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Her Pessi attitude always brings the team down.
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His Pessi attitude makes it hard to stay positive.
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If you keep that Pessi attitude, you'll miss all the fun and excitement around you.
Synonyms
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4.7
A habit of expecting bad things and saying no to ideas
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4.6
A way of thinking that expects bad things to happen
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3.5
A way of thinking that expects bad things to happen
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6.5
A person who often sees the negative side of things
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4.7
A tendency to expect bad things to happen
A habit of always expecting the worst in situations
A general feeling that things will turn out badly
Antonyms
How Pessimistic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Pessi + attitude
The element 'Pessi' is not a recognized English lexeme in the provided data, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituent words would not be able to derive the meaning from 'Pessi' + 'attitude'. Although it may be intended as a clipped form of 'pessimist'/'pessimistic' (which would yield a transparent meaning), that requires inference beyond knowing the listed constituents, making the expression unpredictable for learners.
Etymology
Pessi attitude may come from shortening 'pessimist' to Pessi and adding attitude, like a small voice on your shoulder that always expects the worst. That's why Pessi attitude means a habit of being negative or 'expecting the worst'.