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someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)- The experience made her overly cynical.
cynical = someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
- She is cynical and unhappy.
- ...if you cannot find a way to aid progress in human affairs, then know that the smirking cynicism of the sideline critic is a form of plague — and to be one of those is to be a carrier of death instead of a preserver of life.Robert Fulghum -- Words I Wish I Wrote
- The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.Oscar Wilde
- Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me. They possess and enjoy early, and it does something to them, makes them soft where we are hard, and cynical where we are trustful...F. Scott Fitzgerald -- The Rich Boy, All the Sad Young Men
- I ain't cynical, Miss Alexandra.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- I know how cynical you are, and you're probably going to come up with some snarky reply when you read this, but the truth is, I'm chasing you because I really think I am falling in love with you.Kody Keplinger -- The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
- She was cynical about the joys of a simple laborious life.Sinclair Lewis -- Main Street
- ...they were really having fun being cynical,Stephen Chbosky -- The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- He had fallen into a deep cynicism over what had crossed his path,F. Scott Fitzgerald -- This Side of Paradise
- Do you suppose this eternal shallow cynicism of yours has any real bearing on a nature like hers?George Bernard Shaw -- Man And Superman
- Very cynical observation, but probably true.Sharon M. Draper -- Tears of a Tiger
- His expression remained the same—cynical, defiant, painful.Ernest J. Gaines -- A Lesson Before Dying
- I call that rather cynical.E.M. Forster -- Howards End
- The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.Nicholas Sparks -- The Notebook
- One of Flora's very favorite bonus comics was entitled TERRIBLE THINGS CAN HAPPEN TO YOU! As a cynic, Flora found it wise to be prepared. Who knew what horrible, unpredictable thing would happen next?Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- It's not becoming to a child. It's—cynical.Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Tellin' the truth's not cynical, is it?Harper Lee -- To Kill a Mockingbird
- What kind of cynic was she, whispering "I love you" to a squirrel who wasn't even there?Kate DiCamillo -- Flora & Ulysses
- Even we cynics deserved a night off once in a while, right?Kody Keplinger -- The DUFF: (Designated Ugly Fat Friend)
cynical = expects people to be selfish
cynical = expecting the worst of people
cynical = expecting the worst of people
cynical = someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
cynical = someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
cynical = someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
cynical = someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
cynical = someone who expects the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
cynics = people who expect the worst — especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
cynic = someone who expects things to go poorly
cynical = expecting the worst of people
cynical = begin selfish and calculating
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