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naysayer

noun as in pessimist

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To her critics, Breed closed with a quote from Theodore Roosevelt prizing the person who strives in spite of setbacks rather than the naysayer who carps from the sidelines.

Masterji Thakur scanned the room, a challenge crackling in the air, daring any naysayer to object.

The entire pathos of Alabama football in the last two decades was predicated on Letting Any Naysayer Know.

The GOP regarded Schwarzenegger as a heretic naysayer and retreated into a much smaller corner.

But then he met Ramprasad: "Rather than just be a naysayer, Rampi and I took a stab at it with a couple of undergrads, built this big database, and dang. Actually, you can do it," Lively said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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