fatalistic

[feyt-l-is-tik] / ˌfeɪt lˈɪs tɪk /

ADJECTIVE

pessimistic

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bleak depressed despondent discouraged gloomy glum sad

WEAK

cynical dark dejected despairing distrustful downhearted foreboding hopeless melancholy misanthropic morbid morose resigned sullen troubled worried

Antonyms

STRONGEST

bright cheerful encouraged encouraging happy joyful sunny

WEAK

confident optimistic trusting

Example Sentences

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Let me just be as negative as possible, as fatalistic in the horrible direction everything’s gonna go, and that all worked out.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 30, 2026

Still, he urged students not to be fatalistic about it.

From Barron's • Mar. 30, 2026

I do not say this to be fatalistic.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026

One cannot demonstrate this like a mathematical proof, but this carelessness, or callousness, about human life seems linked to fatalistic, even nihilistic attitudes.

From Salon • Apr. 5, 2025

We sit silently, listening to the rain on the thatched roof, a numb, damp, fatalistic feeling among us.

From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez

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