Both Uses of
cynical
in
Anne Frank, the Diary of a Young Girl - Definitive Edition
- Nobody takes her seriously, she has no strength of character, she complains to one and all, and you should see how she walks around: von hinten Lyzeum, von vorne Museum* Even worse, Peter's becoming insolent, Mr. van Daan irritable and Mother cynical.†
p. 345.8 *
- In late October, Margot and Anne were deported to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp on Luneburg Heath in an "evacuation transport"—as the Nazis cynically called it.†
p. 367.5
Definition:
someone who expects the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)