All 3 Uses
cynical
in
Major Barbara
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- Oh sir, don't try to be cynical: don't be ashamed of being a good man.†
Act 2
- BILL [cynically, aside to Barbara, his voice and accent horribly debased] Wot prawce Selvytion nah?†
Act 2 *
- The cynicism of it!†
Act 3cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
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)