pessimistic
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3.9
- adjective
- /ˌpɛsɪˈmɪstɪk/
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pesimista
- He always takes a pessimistic view, expecting the worst in every situation.
- a pessimistic outlook
- a pessimistic view
- be pessimistic about
I don't want you to be so pessimistic about life.
- I don't want you to be so pessimistic about life.
- Overall, I'm not awfully pessimistic about these new tools.
- Now the question is, should we be pessimistic?
- But you have to have those goals and don't be pessimistic.
- You know, in, in the shorter term, I'm more pessimistic.
- It's giving us too pessimistic a view of American race relations.
- It's normally that, I mean, it's, yeah, I mean, quite, quite pessimistic about the future of England really.
- I, so I often describe my, my work as pessimistic self help.
- Well, it seems a little bit pessimistic to me.
Examples
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I have a very pessimistic view of life.
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As a result, we are rather pessimistic that corporal punishment will be banned in the immediate future.
Academic text (1991) -
I guess I am quite pessimistic after Tuesday.
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So are you still pessimistic about how we move forward?
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But yeah, to end on a pessimistic note, as always.
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Are there any parts of this career that you catch yourself being pessimistic about and is that helpful?
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It's giving us too pessimistic a view of American race relations.
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Why you always gotta be so pessimistic?
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Authorities are pessimistic about the possibility... ...of finding anyone alive from the ill-fated flight.
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That's a very pessimistic worldview.
Synonyms
2
6.5
A person who often sees the negative side of things
Tending to notice problems and faults rather than good parts
Antonyms
How Pessimistic
4
4.6
29
2.5
67
3.9
283
3.7
189
1.8
426
3.2
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word pessimistic comes from the old Latin word pessimus, which means 'worst', and is related to pessimism and pessimist. So, to be pessimistic is to expect the 'worst' or to think things will go badly.