pessimistic | Definition of pessimistic

Synonyms and Antonyms of pessimistic

1 emphasizing or expecting the worst

with that pessimistic attitude, it's no wonder you're depressed

Synonyms of pessimistic

bearish, defeatist, despairing, downbeat, hopeless

Words Related to pessimistic

cynical, fatalistic, nihilist, nihilistic

desperate, discouraging, disheartening, inauspicious, unlikely, unpromising

bleak, cheerless, comfortless, depressing, desolate, dismal, dreary, funereal, gloomy, morose, saturnine, sepulchral, somber (or sombre), sullen

contrary, hostile, negative

Near Antonyms of pessimistic

auspicious, bright, encouraging, fair, golden, heartening, likely, promising, propitious

cheering, comforting, reassuring

favorable, good, positive

idealist, romantic, utopian, visionary

cheerful, cheery, chipper, sunny

Antonyms of pessimistic

hopeful, optimistic, Panglossian, Pollyanna, Pollyannaish (also Pollyannish), rose-colored, rosy, upbeat

2 having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives

pessimistic about the prospects for a lasting peace in the area

Synonyms of pessimistic

cynical, misanthropic

Words Related to pessimistic

distrustful, mistrustful, negativist, negativistic, skeptical, suspicious

derisive, mocking, sardonic, scornful

defeatist, fatalistic, negative

ironic (also ironical), sarcastic

jaded, sophisticated, worldly-wise

hard-bitten, hard-boiled, hardcase, hard-edged, unsentimental

Near Antonyms of pessimistic

trustful, trusting, unsuspicious

cheerful, optimistic, positive, positivist, positivistic, rose-colored

ingenuous, innocent, naive (or naïve), unsophisticated

idealistic, impractical, romantic

maudlin, mushy, saccharine, sappy, sentimental

Antonyms of pessimistic