Synonyms for pessimistic
pes·simistic

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1. pessimisticadjective

   Antonyms:
   optimistic

2. pessimisticadjective

   Antonyms:
   optimistic

3. pessimisticadjective

   Antonyms:
   optimistic

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1. pessimisticadjective

   expecting the worst possible outcome

   Antonyms:
   rosy, sanguine, bullish, upbeat, starry-eyed, rose-colored, optimistic, pollyannaish, cheerful

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1. pessimisticadjective

   Synonyms:
   gloomy, foreboding, hopeless

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1. List of paraphrases for "pessimistic":

   gloomy, downbeat, sombre

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How to use pessimistic in a sentence?

1. Tom Hayes:

   It’s very hard to get too pessimistic about downward revisions when you have three tailwinds at your back, namely the stimulus, the vaccinations and (declining coronavirus) cases, and earnings.

2. Christine Li:

   I am pessimistic about retail here.

3. Mark Woolhouse:

   Using a mathematical model the authors show that even under the most pessimistic assumption that young people are fully infectious then school closures could still have substantially less impact on the epidemic than they would for influenza-like infections.

4. Christopher Smart:

   It's very difficult of course to forecast what this administration will or will not agree to, but it's going to be hard to keep the peace going into an election year, people are still pretty pessimistic.

5. Stefanie Birkmann:

   I’m not so pessimistic for the year as a whole. I think it will take some time to work this through, but I think we are seeing a pickup already in medium-size deal activity.