I resent your cynical remarks.
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Cynical
//ˈsɪnɪkəl//
Synonyms for "cynical" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
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7 entriesderived from
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1 entriesrelated to
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44 translations across 34 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- سَاخِر adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Armenian
1 entries- ցինիկ adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Belarusian
1 entries- цыні́чны adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Bulgarian
1 entries- цини́чен adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Catalan
1 entries- cínic adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 玩世不恭 adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Czech
1 entries- cynický adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Danish
1 entries- kynisk adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Dutch
1 entries- cynisch adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Finnish
1 entries- kyyninen adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
French
1 entries- cynique adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Galician
1 entries- cínico adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
German
2 entries- zynisch adj (bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking)
- zynisch adj (showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions)
Greek
2 entries- κυνικός adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- ωμός adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Italian
1 entries- cinico adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Japanese
1 entries- 皮肉な adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Korean
2 entries- 냉소적 adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- 랭소적 adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Macedonian
1 entries- циничен adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Malay
1 entries- sinis adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Māori
1 entries- pūhohe adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- kynisk adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- kynisk adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Polish
1 entries- cyniczny adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Portuguese
1 entries- cínico adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Romanian
1 entries- cinic adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Russian
1 entries- цини́чный adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- dranndanach adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- searbhasach adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- cìničan adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- цѝничан adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Slovak
1 entries- cynický adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Slovene
1 entries- ciničen adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Spanish
4 entries- cínico adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- resabiado adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- resabioso adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- sotreta adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Swedish
1 entries- cynisk adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Turkish
3 entries- kinik adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- küçümseyici adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
- sinik adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Ukrainian
1 entries- цині́чний adj (of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated by base desires or selfishness)
Sample sentences
17 total sentences available.
He always makes cynical remarks to me.
Source: tatoeba (289136)
He smiled a cynical smile at me.
Source: tatoeba (298109)
She is very cynical about life.
Source: tatoeba (315252)
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