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Wiktionary3.0 / 2 votes

  1. pessimisticadjective

    Antonyms:
    optimistic

  2. pessimisticadjective

    Antonyms:
    optimistic

  3. pessimisticadjective

    Antonyms:
    optimistic

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pessimisticadjective

    expecting the worst possible outcome

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

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. pessimisticadjective

    Synonyms:
    gloomy, foreboding, hopeless

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "pessimistic":

    gloomy, downbeat, sombre

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#28701gloomy
#32253pessimistic
#59538sombre
#60958downbeat

How to use pessimistic in a sentence?

  1. President Barack Obama:

    I believe it paints a vision of our future that is deeply pessimistic.

  2. Albert Schweitzer:

    To the question whether I am a pessimist or an optimist, I answer that my knowledge is pessimistic, but my willing and hoping are optimistic.

  3. 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.

  4. Jeb Bush:

    Donald Trump's view is that the end is near, his pessimistic view is let's close the borders, let's create tariffs, let's do this, let's do that--all based on negativity, and the net result is all of us will suffer if that philosophy gains favor.

  5. Xiao Shijun:

    After experiencing the crashes last year, the sentiment is quite vulnerable and pessimistic now.


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