The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.
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Pessimistic
/ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/
Synonyms for "pessimistic" (92 found)
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Closest matches (19)
Adjective(5 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (27)
depresseddespairingdespondentdespondingdiscourageddishearteneddishearteningdismaldispiriteddowndown in the mouthdownbeatdowncastdownhearteddroopingdroopyfeeling lowforlorngloomyglum
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Adjective(6 words)
Related words (46)
hopelesshypochondriachypochondriacalin low spiritsin the depthsin the doldrumsin the dumpsinauspiciousjoylesslanguishinglowlow spiritedlow-spiritedmelancholynegativenegativisticnihilisticpessimistpiningsad
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Noun(7 words)
Adjective(8 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
6 entriesMore specific
6 entriesalarmist narrationcatastrophic forecastdoom-laden outlookdoomed discoursepessimistic forecastrisk averse rhetoric
Collocations
6 entriespessimistic assessmentpessimistic forecastpessimistic outlookpessimistic scenariopessimistic tonepessimistic view
Inflections
2 entriesmore pessimisticmost pessimistic
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
7 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 22 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُتَشَائِم adj (always expecting the worst)
Armenian
1 entries- հոռետեսական adj (always expecting the worst)
Catalan
1 entries- pessimista adj (always expecting the worst)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 悲觀的 /悲观的 adj (always expecting the worst)
Finnish
2 entries- pessimistinen adj (always expecting the worst)
- synkkämielinen adj (always expecting the worst)
French
1 entries- pessimiste adj (always expecting the worst)
Galician
1 entries- pesimista adj (always expecting the worst)
German
1 entries- pessimistisch adj (always expecting the worst)
Hungarian
2 entries- borúlátó adj (always expecting the worst)
- pesszimista adj (always expecting the worst)
Indonesian
1 entries- pesimistis adj (always expecting the worst)
Japanese
1 entries- 悲観的 adj (always expecting the worst)
Norwegian
1 entries- pessimistisk adj (always expecting the worst)
Persian
2 entries- بد بینانه adj (always expecting the worst)
- بدبین adj (always expecting the worst)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- dunkelsiedich adj (always expecting the worst)
Portuguese
1 entries- pessimista adj (always expecting the worst)
Russian
1 entries- пессимисти́чный adj (always expecting the worst)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- pesimističan adj (always expecting the worst)
- песимистичан adj (always expecting the worst)
Spanish
1 entries- pesimista adj (always expecting the worst)
Swedish
1 entries- pessimistisk adj (always expecting the worst)
Thai
1 entries- มองโลกในแง่ร้าย adj (always expecting the worst)
Turkish
1 entries- kötümser adj (always expecting the worst)
Volapük
1 entries- badimik adj (always expecting the worst)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He has a tendency to be pessimistic.
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He is extremely pessimistic and has no aspirations.
Source: tatoeba (302995)
Sick people tend to be pessimistic.
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