All 7 Uses of
cynical
in
Dune
- He found himself caught by the cynical tone, the bitterness that he had never seen her expose.†
Book 1 *
- …. motivating people, forcing them to your will, gives you a cynical attitude toward humanity.†
Book 1
- Low on the southern horizon, the night's second moon peered through a thin dust haze—an unbelieving moon that looked at him with a cynical light.†
Book 1
- The Duke turned, faced his son, revealing dark circles beneath hard eyes, a cynical twist of mouth.†
Book 1
- And she felt a cynical bitterness at what she had done.†
Book 2
- Through it all, he had sensed the edge of cynicism in her—he knew her so well!†
Book 2
- By the time of Shaddam IV, while they were still formidable, their strength had been sapped by overconfidence, and the sustaining mystique of their warrior religion had been deeply undermined by cynicism.†
Book Term
Definition:
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(cynical) someone who expects the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)