All 5 Uses of
pessimistic
in
Not Without My Daughter
- I realized that I was growing more pessimistic, more bitter, more frantic with each passing day.†
- On and on I went, the repetition of the task helping to pass the dreary time, but also promoting a sense of pessimism.†
pessimism = expectation that things will turn out badly
- I set the dials at 1-1-7 and pushed pessimistically at the buttons.†
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- Many people expressed the pessimistic opinion that the government had run out of ammunition.†
- But Hamid was pessimistic.†
Definition:
expecting that things will turn out badly; or focusing on the bad part of things