Pessimistic
/ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/ adj
adj ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
"a pessimistic view of the future"
- 2 Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
"a pessimistic estimate"
- 3 Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.
"pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking"
Adjective
- 1 expecting the worst possible outcome wordnet
Example
More examples"The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic."
Etymology
From pessimist + -ic.