All 5 Uses
pessimistic
in
An Ideal Husband
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- But may I ask, at heart, are you an optimist or a pessimist?†
Act 1pessimist = someone who expects the worst; or who focuses on the bad part of things
- Optimism begins in a broad grin, and Pessimism ends with blue spectacles.†
Act 1 *pessimism = expectation that things will turn out badly
- Are you a Pessimist?†
Act 2pessimist = someone who expects the worst; or who focuses on the bad part of things
- No, Lady Chiltern, I am not a Pessimist.†
Act 2
- Indeed I am not sure that I quite know what Pessimism really means.†
Act 2pessimism = expectation that things will turn out badly
Definitions:
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(1)
(pessimistic) expecting that things will turn out badly; or focusing on the bad part of things
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)