Both Uses
cynical
in
Flowers for Algernon — Novel
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- They called each other names—opportunist, cynic, pessimist—and I found myself frightened.†
p. 69.1cynic = someone who expects the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
- "You've become cynical," said Nemur.†
p. 249.2 *
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)