Antonyms for cynical
ˈsɪn ɪ kəlcyn·i·cal

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1. cynical

   Antonyms:
   genial, lenient, complaisant, urbane

   Synonyms:
   sarcastic, snarling, snappish, sneering, cross-grained, currish, carping

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1. cynical, misanthropic, misanthropicaladjective

   believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

   Antonyms:
   trustful, trusting

   Synonyms:
   misanthropical, misanthropic

How to use cynical in a sentence?

1. Ilya Yashin:

   The war with Ukraine is an undeclared war, a vile cynical war which amounts to a crime against all of the Russian nation. Putin will go down in history as the president who made Russians and Ukrainians foes, the main conclusion of our report is that we have collected and systematized (information) which we think provides ample evidence of the presence of Russian soldiers in Ukraine.

2. Joni Mitchell, song-The Last Time I Saw Richard:

   All romantics meet the same fate someday. Cynical and drunk and boring someone in some dark cafe.

3. Tom Whalen:

   It will depend on how many people who are cynical and turned off by Washington, versus people who will come out against Trump, is the anti-establishment vote going to be stronger than the anti-Trump vote? This is going to be the real test of the Hillary Clinton campaign. Can they turn that antipathy, even disgust into votes for her?

4. Ilya Yashin:

   The war with Ukraine is an undeclared war, a vile cynical war which amounts to a crime against all of the Russian nation. Putin will go down in history as the president who made Russians and Ukrainians foes.

5. John Mayer:

   He had an excuse not to [ be positive ]. Bob had every excuse under the sun to be cynical, to be upset, to be distrusting of fate. He had every reason under the sun not to trust the system.

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