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ˈpɛs ə mɪstpes·simist

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Wiktionary1.0 / 1 vote

  1. pessimistnoun

    Antonyms:
    optimist

  2. pessimistnoun

    Antonyms:
    optimist

Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. pessimistnoun

    a person who expects the worst

    Antonyms:
    optimist

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  1. List of paraphrases for "pessimist":

    pessimism

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How to use pessimist in a sentence?

  1. Jewish Proverb:

    A pessimist, confronted with two bad choices, chooses both.

  2. Winston Churchill:

    A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

  3. Don Marquis:

    A pessimist is a person who has to listen to too many optimists.

  4. Oscar Wilde:

    Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.

  5. Harry S Truman:

    A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities and an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.


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