cynical
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Coming of age in this seamy milieu has given him a cynical worldview and a preternatural calm.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026
As for the more negative folks, who can blame them for feeling cynical?
From Salon • Apr. 7, 2026
Italy eventually responded with a try from replacement hooker Di Bartolomeo with Wales replacement prop Griffin shown a yellow card for a cynical offence.
From BBC • Mar. 14, 2026
“While he was a very serious, earnest activist, he also had such an acute sense of cynical humor that is so fantastic and was capable of scathing satire,” her brother Devin added.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2026
"You're so cynical," Tiny says, waving his hand at me.
From "Will Grayson, Will Grayson" by John Green and David Levithan
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