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pessimistic

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pes·si·mis·tic

[pes-uh-mis-tik]
adjective
pertaining to or characterized by pessimism; gloomy: a pessimistic outlook.

Origin:
1865–70; pessimist + -ic

pes·si·mis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
non·pes·si·mis·tic, adjective
non·pes·si·mis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
o·ver·pes·si·mis·tic, adjective
o·ver·pes·si·mis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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un·pes·si·mis·tic, adjective
un·pes·si·mis·ti·cal·ly, adverb
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despairing, hopeless. See cynical.

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Example Sentences
  • With each passing day I grow more pessimistic about the likelihood of ever owning a flying car.
  • You start to develop a very cynical, pessimistic outlook.
  • Investors are generally pessimistic on makers of computer hard disk drives on fear that new technology will render them obsolete.
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World English Dictionary
pessimism (ˈpɛsɪˌmɪzəm)
 
n
1.  the tendency to expect the worst and see the worst in all things
2.  the doctrine of the ultimate triumph of evil over good
3.  the doctrine that this world is corrupt and that man's sojourn in it is a preparation for some other existence
 
[C18: from Latin pessimus worst, from malus bad]
 
'pessimist
 
n
 
pessi'mistic
 
adj
 
pessi'mistical
 
adj
 
pessi'mistically
 
adv

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Word Origin & History

pessimistic
1868, formed in English; see pessimism.
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