All 15 Uses
cynical
in
Long Day's Journey into Night
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- Combined with his habitual expression of cynicism it gives his countenance a Mephistophelian cast.†
Act 1cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
- All I did was make a pal of him and be absolutely frank so he'd learn from my mistakes that — He shrugs his shoulders-cynically.†
Act 1 *
- Jamie takes one look at the bottle and glasses and smiles cynically.†
Act 2
- Listen, Kid, I know you think I'm a cynical bastard, but remember I've seen a lot more of this game than you have.†
Act 2
- His eyes fall to stare at the floor, his face sets in an expression of embittered, defensive cynicism.†
Act 2cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
- She does not look at Jamie but she feels the cynically appraising glance he gives her face and hands.†
Act 2
- Jamie's face is hard with defensive cynicism.†
Act 2cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
- JAMIE Cynically brutal.†
Act 2
- The truth is there is no cure and we've been saps to hope— Cynically.†
Act 2
- EDMUND Scornfully parodying his brother's cynicism.†
Act 2cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
- Cynically.†
Act 2
- She has hidden deeper within herself and found refuge and release in a dream where present reality is but an appearance to be accepted and dismissed unfeelingly— even with a hard cynicism-or entirely ignored.†
Act 3cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
- She suddenly loses all the girlish quality and is an aging, cynically sad, embittered woman.†
Act 3
- Then with sneering cynicism.†
Act 4cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
- JAMIE Cynically.†
Act 4
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)