Pessimistic

Adjective

 * 1) Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness.
 * 2) Always expecting the worst.

Antonyms

 * optimistic

Related terms

 * pessimal
 * pessimism
 * pessimist

Adverbs for Pessimistic
incorrigibly; incurably; deliberately; apparently; stubbornly; obstinately; horribly; unaccountably; gloomily; moodily; mournfully; miserably; wretchedly; intolerably; disgustingly; woefully; pitiably; unreasonably; morbidly; superstitiously; absurdly; foolishly; ridiculously.

Thesaurus
Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, bleak, blue, bowed-down, cast down, cheerless, cynical, dashed, defeatist, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, feeling low, forlorn, gloomy, glum, heartless, hopeless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, inauspicious, joyless, languishing, low, low-spirited, melancholy, negative, negativistic, nihilistic, pessimist, pining, sad, spiritless, subdued, suicidal, uncheerful, unhappy, weary of life, woebegone, world-weary

Translations

 * Arabic: متشائم
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: pesimističan
 * Czech:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: pessimiste
 * German:
 * Hungarian: pesszimisztikus


 * Korean: 비관적
 * Norwegian: pessimistisk
 * Russian: пессимистичный
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: pessimistisk
 * Turkish: pesimist, karamsar
 * Volapük: badimik
 * Volapük: badimik


 * Arabic: متشائم
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Croatian: pesimističan
 * Finnish:, synkkämielinen
 * German:
 * Hungarian:, borúlátó
 * Hungarian:, borúlátó


 * Norwegian: pessimistisk
 * Russian: пессимистичный
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: pessimistisk
 * Turkish: kötümser
 * Volapük: badimik
 * Volapük: badimik