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pessimism

noun

1 pessimism

The feeling that things will turn out badly.

Roget 837: dejection; dejectedness etc. adj.; depression, prosternation; lowness of spirits, depression of spirits; weight on the spirits, oppression on the spirits, damp on the spirits; low spirits, bad spirits, drooping spirits, ... show more

Roget 859: hopelessness etc. adj.; despair, desperation; despondency, depression etc. (dejection) 837; pessimism, pessimist; Job's comforter; bird of bad omen, ... show more

Roget 483: underestimation; depreciation etc. (detraction) 934; pessimism, pessimist; undervaluing etc. v.; modesty etc. 881.   

Roget 482: overestimation etc. v.; exaggeration etc. 549; vanity etc. 880; optimism, pessimism, pessimist.    much cry and little wool, ... show more

2 pessimism

A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things.

Polish: czarnowidztwo, defetyzm, pesymizm


Moby thesaurus: Schmerz, Slough of Despond, anxiety, apprehension, blank despondency, cliff-hanging, cynicism, death wish, defeatism, dejectedness, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, despondentness, discouragement, disheartenment, dismalness, dispiritedness, down trip ... show more.

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