Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pessimistic |
| Synonyms: | cheerless, defeatist, dejected, dispirited, gloomy, hopeless, negative, unhappy, unhopeful |
| Notes: | an emphasized beat is the downbeat and unemphasized beat is upbeat |
| Main Entry: | pessimist |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | person who expects bad outcome |
| Synonyms: | complainer, crepehanger, cynic, defeatist, depreciator, downer, gloomy, killjoy, misanthrope, party pooper, prophet of doom, sourpuss, wet blanket, worrier, worrywart |
| Antonyms: | optimist |
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