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Adjective pessimistic has 1 sense

• pessimistic(a = adj.all) Array - expecting the worst possible outcome; Array
Antonym: optimistic
Derived forms noun pessimism₂, noun pessimism₁

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THESAURUS

pessimistic

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

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