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PESSIMISTIC

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Expecting the worst possible outcome

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Adjectives

Similar:

bearish (expecting prices to fall)

demoralised; demoralized; discouraged; disheartened (made less hopeful or enthusiastic)

Also:

hopeless (without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success)

negative (characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features)

Antonym:

optimistic (expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds)

Derivation:

pessimism (a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things)

pessimism (the feeling that things will turn out badly)

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