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PESSIMISTIC
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expecting the worst possible outcome
Classified under:
Similar:
bearish (expecting prices to fall)
demoralised; demoralized; discouraged; disheartened (made less hopeful or enthusiastic)
Also:
hopeless (without hope because there seems to be no possibility of comfort or success)
negative (characterized by or displaying negation or denial or opposition or resistance; having no positive features)
Antonym:
optimistic (expecting the best in this best of all possible worlds)
Derivation:
pessimism (a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things)
pessimism (the feeling that things will turn out badly)
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