All 12 Uses
cynical
in
A Passage to India
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- But others, such as Mahmoud Ali, were cynical; they were firmly convinced that Turton had been made to give the party by his official superiors and was all the time consumed with impotent rage, and they infected some who were inclined to a healthier view.†
Chpt 5
- He knew little of the district and less against the inhabitants, so he was in a less cynical state of mind.†
Chpt 5 *
- The expedition was a success, and it was Indian; an obscure young man had been allowed to show courtesy to visitors from another country, which is what all Indians long to do— even cynics like Mahmoud Ali-but they never have the chance.†
Chpt 14cynics = people who expect the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
- Fielding thought with hostility, "I knew these women would make trouble," and Mrs. Moore thought, "This man, having missed the train, tries to blame us"; but her thoughts were feeble; since her faintness in the cave she was sunk in apathy and cynicism.†
Chpt 16cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
- There was much of the cynic abcut him, but nothing of the bully; he never lost his temper or grew rough, and he received Aziz with courtesy, was almost reassuring.†
Chpt 18cynic = someone who expects the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
- The crime was even worse than they had supposed—the unspeakable limit of cynicism, untouched since 1857.†
Chpt 20cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
- Nothing had happened, "and if it had," she found herself thinking with the cynicism of a withered priestess, " if it had, there are worse evils than love."†
Chpt 23
- Paid to me on account of the injury sustained by my character," he explained with cynical calm.†
Chpt 27
- About marriage I am cynical.†
Chpt 29
- Aziz did not pay attention to these sanctities, for they had no connection with his own; he felt bored, slightly cynical, like his own dear Emperor Babur, who came down from the north and found in Hindustan no good fruit, no fresh water or witty conversation, not even a friend.†
Chpt 36
- He spat, cynical again, more cynical than before.†
Chpt 36
- He spat, cynical again, more cynical than before.†
Chpt 36
Definitions:
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(1)
(cynical) someone who expects the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)