Pessimist

//ˈpɛsɪmɪst//

Synonyms for "pessimist" (33 found)

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Noun(1 words)
doomster

Related words (16)

Noun(1 words)
naysayer

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Translations

72 translations across 50 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • مُتَشَائِم noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Armenian

1 entries
  • հոռետես noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • bədbin noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • bədbin adam noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • песіміст noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • песимист noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Catalan

1 entries
  • pessimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Chinese Mandarin

1 entries
  • 悲觀主義者 /悲观主义者 noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Corsican

1 entries
  • pessimistu noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Czech

2 entries
  • pesimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • škarohlíd noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Danish

2 entries
  • pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • sortseer noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Dutch

3 entries
  • doemdenker noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • zwartdenker noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • nigravidulo noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pesimistino noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pesimisto noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Estonian

1 entries
  • pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Finnish

1 entries
  • pessimisti noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

French

1 entries
  • pessimiste noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Galician

1 entries
  • pesimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

German

2 entries
  • Pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • Pessimistin noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Greek

1 entries
  • απαισιόδοξος noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • פסימיסט noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • pesszimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • svartsýnismaður noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Ido

1 entries
  • pesimisto noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • pesimis noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Irish

1 entries
  • duarcán noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Italian

1 entries
  • pessimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Japanese

3 entries
  • ペシミスト noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • 厭世家 noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • 悲観主義者 noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Korean

1 entries
  • 염세가 noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • пессимист noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • песимист noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Manx

1 entries
  • doo-aignagh noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Norman

1 entries
  • pessimiste noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Polish

3 entries
  • czarnowidz noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pesymista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pesymistka noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • pessimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Romanian

2 entries
  • pesimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pesimistă noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Romansch

2 entries
  • pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pessimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Russian

2 entries
  • пессими́ст noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • пессими́стка noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • pesìmist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • песѝмист noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Slovak

1 entries
  • pesimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Slovene

1 entries
  • pesimíst noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Spanish

2 entries
  • agorero noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pesimista noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Swedish

1 entries
  • pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Telugu

1 entries
  • నిరాశావాది noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • ཡིད་ཆད་རིང་ལུགས་པ noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Turkish

4 entries
  • bedbin noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • karamsar noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • kötümser noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • pesimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • песимі́ст noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • pessimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Volapük

3 entries
  • badiman noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • hibadiman noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)
  • jibadiman noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Welsh

1 entries
  • pesimist noun (someone who habitually expects the worst outcome)

Sample sentences

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The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.

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I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.

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The student is optimistic, but his advisor is a pessimist.

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There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.

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