All 4 Uses of
pessimistic
in
Lonesome Dove
- It was enough to make a man a pessimist, that such things had started occurring regularly.†
Chpt 70-71 *pessimist = someone who expects the worst; or who focuses on the bad part of things
- "What if they don't pay us here?" the pessimistic Needle asked one night.†
Chpt 79-80
- Jasper was impatient with Lippy's pessimism.†
Chpt 83-84pessimism = expectation that things will turn out badly
- "Go back to sleep, if all you can do is be pessimistic," Augustus said.†
Chpt 93-94
Definition:
expecting that things will turn out badly; or focusing on the bad part of things