Synonyms for pessimistic
- adjective
Most common
Definitions
- adj. 1
Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
a pessimistic view of the future
Related words
- Word family
- pessimistically pessimal pessimism pessimist
Example sentences
- hopeless Lee did not agree that the situation was hopeless.
- discouraged The chill of coming winter discouraged our picnic.
- cynical You don't seem to be as cynical as Tom seems to be.
- disheartened He was not a man to be disheartened by a single failure.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pessimistic | steady | |
| hopeless | rising | |
| discouraged | steady | |
| cynical | rising | |
| disheartened | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- dark1
- 6 letters
- gloomy2
- 7 letters
- cynical3
- 8 letters
- hopeless2
- 11 letters
- discouraged3
- 12 letters
- disheartened3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gloomy2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pessimiste
- Italiano
- pessimista
- Español
- pesimista
- Deutsch
- pessimistisch