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Pessimistic   /pˌɛsəmˈɪstɪk/   Listen
Pessimistic

adjective
1.
Expecting the worst possible outcome.





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"Pessimistic" Quotes from Famous Books



... despair; after two months in bed, this could not but be a trying journey under the most favourable circumstances, and the prospect as held out by his pessimistic bearer was pretty gloomy—no boats available, and no signs of ...
— A Holiday in the Happy Valley with Pen and Pencil • T. R. Swinburne
... devoted supporter of Handel, was pessimistic from the beginning of the season. "I doubt operas will not survive longer than this winter," she wrote on November 25; "they are now at their last gasp; the subscription is expired and nobody will renew it. The directors are always squabbling, and they ...
— Handel • Edward J. Dent
... look upon things from a pessimistic standpoint, never find anything in them save pretexts for pouring out to their hearers tales of ...
— Common Sense - - Subtitle: How To Exercise It • Yoritomo-Tashi
... life comes out like stories very much," responded the pessimistic blacksmith, who, as Rebecca privately thought, had read less than half a dozen books in ...
— New Chronicles of Rebecca • Kate Douglas Wiggin
... the signs of the times take an extremely pessimistic view of the situation, and believe that we shall witness "blood to the horses' bridles." No one can deny that things are desperately bad, and that something must be done soon to relieve the strain or the very worst may be apprehended; yet the author prefers ...
— Doctor Jones' Picnic • S. E. Chapman


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