Words and phrases that have a meaning related to pessimistic: (132 results)
Antonyms:
optimistic
Often used in the same context:
optimistic, sanguine, gloomier, bleak, cautious, upbeat, downbeat, rosy, skeptical, fatalistic, glum, bullish, grimmer, ambivalent, circumspect, despondent, pollyannaish, apprehensive, bearish, hopeful, dour, dire, unhopeful, negative, wishful thinker, alarmist, unconvinced, depressed, unworried, skittish, concerned, dismissive, downcast, realistic, unenthusiastic, unhappy, positive, dissatisfied, anxious, jittery, uncertain, uneasy, fearful, blase, hopeless, equivocal, wary, hawkish, complacent, worrisome, defeatist, cynical, cheerier, confident, disillusioned, dovish, gung ho, paranoid, dismal, overconfident, unsettled, dimmer, distrustful, lukewarm, unexcited, dispirited, reticent, sunnier, impatient, pragmatic, hesitant, conciliatory, blinkered, precarious, unimpressed, unrealistic, oversold, panglossian, tightfisted, frustrated, prescient, grumpier, cloudier, sympathetic, brighter, tepid, phlegmatic, morose, timid, apathetic, overbought, jaundiced, contrarian, blunter, perplexed, conflicted, wishful thinking, indecisive, angrier, buoyant, leery, wishful, sceptical, nihilistic, subjectivist, anthropocentric, erroneous, historicist, moralistic, idealist, materialistic, inaccurate, progressivist, vitalistic, evolutionist, objectivist, positivist
Appears in the definition of:
bear, cheerlessness, depression, inge, pessimistically, pynchon, the gloomy dean, thomas pynchon, uncheerfulness, unduly, william ralph inge
Synonyms:
Also try:demoralized, discouraged, disheartened
— Nouns for pessimistic: view, outlook, attitude, views, conclusion, conclusions, note, assessment, scenario, mood, estimate, more...
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