PESSIMISTS Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word pessimists. (close relations)
Best Alternatives
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| cynical | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | ||||||
| dejected | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • affected or marked by low spirits | ||||||
| demoralized | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • made less hopeful or enthusiastic | ||||||
| depressed | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
adjective satellite • lower than previously • flattened downward as if pressed from above or flattened along the dorsal and ventral surfaces • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||
| despondent | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • without or almost without hope | ||||||
| discouraged | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • made less hopeful or enthusiastic • lacking in resolution | ||||||
| disheartened | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • made less hopeful or enthusiastic | ||||||
| downbeat | adverb, noun, adjectiveadv, n, adj | |||||
noun • the first beat of a musical measure (as the conductor's arm moves downward) | ||||||
| downhearted | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • filled with melancholy and despondency | ||||||
| gloomy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • depressingly dark • filled with melancholy and despondency • causing dejection | ||||||
| glum | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • moody and melancholic • showing a brooding ill humor | ||||||
| melancholic | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • someone subject to melancholia adjective satellite • characterized by or causing or expressing sadness | ||||||
| morose | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective satellite • showing a brooding ill humor | ||||||
| negative | adverb, adjectiveadv, adj | |||||
adjective • characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features • expressing or consisting of a negation or refusal or denial • not indicating the presence of microorganisms or disease or a specific condition • reckoned in a direction opposite to that regarded as positive noun • a reply of denial • a piece of photographic film showing an image with light and shade or colors reversed adjective satellite • having the quality of something harmful or unpleasant • less than zero • designed or tending to discredit, especially without positive or helpful suggestions • having a negative charge • involving disadvantage or harm verb • vote against; refuse to endorse; refuse to assent | ||||||
| unhappy | adjectiveadj | |||||
adjective • experiencing or marked by or causing sadness or sorrow or discontent • generalized feeling of distress adjective satellite • causing discomfort • marked by or producing unhappiness | ||||||
| cynics | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who is critical of the motives of others • a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control | ||||||
| defeatists | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions | ||||||
| doubters | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs • someone who is doubtful or noncommittal about something | ||||||
| fatalists | nounn | |||||
adjective • of or relating to fatalism noun • anyone who submits to the belief that they are powerless to change their destiny | ||||||
| misanthropes | nounn | |||||
noun • someone who dislikes people in general | ||||||
