Defeatist - English meaning

adjective

(of an area of land) lacking vegetation and exposed to the elements.

Usage examples:

A bleak and barren moor

noun

A small silvery shoaling fish of the carp family, found in eurasian rivers.

Usage examples:

The flies for pike were naturally bigger than the bleaks, so they left me alone and i got some pike.

noun

A person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons.

Usage examples:

Some cynics thought that the controversy was all a publicity stunt

noun

A person who believes that other people are interested only in themselves and therefore doubts that they can be good

adjective

Believing that people are motivated purely by self-interest; distrustful of human sincerity or integrity.

Usage examples:

He was brutally cynical and hardened to every sob story under the sun

Believing the worst of human nature and motives

adjective

Not trusting or respecting the goodness of other people and their actions, but believing that people are interested only in themselves

Usage examples:

Listening to politicians for too long can make you cynical., she’s become cynical about men., he’s …

adjective

Showing the loss of all hope.

Usage examples:

He gave a despairing little shrug

verb

Lose or be without hope.

Usage examples:

We should not despair

adjective

Showing or feeling that there is no hope and that you can do nothing to improve a difficult or worrying situation

Usage examples:

A despairing glance/cry, with every day that passed he became ever more despairing.

adjective

In low spirits from loss of hope or courage.

Usage examples:

She grew more and more despondent

adjective

Unhappy and discouraged because you feel you are in a situation that is unlikely to improve

Usage examples:

He grew increasingly despondent when his paintings failed to sell.

adjective

Having lost confidence or enthusiasm; disheartened.

Usage examples:

He must be feeling pretty discouraged

verb

Cause (someone) to lose confidence or enthusiasm.

Usage examples:

Tedious regulations could discourage investors

noun

Another term for doomsayer.

noun

A person who believes that very bad things are likely to happen

Usage examples:

The prime minister hit out at doomsters who said the move would be a disaster.

noun

Someone who believes that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events, especially bad ones, cannot be avoided

Usage examples:

"i'm not a fatalist ," she said. "i'm a realist.", it's wrong to take this fatalist's view of globa…

adjective

Relating to or characteristic of the belief that all events are predetermined and therefore inevitable.

Usage examples:

Many have an almost fatalistic attitude towards their own health

adjective

Believing that people cannot change the way events will happen and that events, especially bad ones, cannot be avoided

Usage examples:

She was fatalistic about the future., he had a fatalistic acceptance of his bad luck in life.

adjective

Dark or poorly lit, especially so as to appear depressing or frightening.

Usage examples:

A gloomy corridor badly lit by oil lamps

adjective

Feeling or causing despair.

Usage examples:

Jess looked at him in mute hopeless appeal

adjective

Without hope

Usage examples:

We tried to save the building, but it was a hopeless task (= it could not succeed).

noun

A person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others.

Usage examples:

A few killjoys try to reform the seasonal activities

noun

A person who does not like other people enjoying themselves

noun

A state or feeling of great physical or mental distress or discomfort.

Usage examples:

A man who had brought her nothing but misery

noun

Great unhappiness

Usage examples:

[ u ] with the rice harvest, hope is sprouting amid the misery.

adjective

Consisting in or characterized by the absence rather than the presence of distinguishing features.

Usage examples:

The records of her transaction, and loan would have been available and in their absence i draw a ne…

noun

A word or statement that expresses denial, disagreement, or refusal.

Usage examples:

She replied in the negative

verb

Refuse to accept; reject.

Usage examples:

The bill was negatived on second reading by 130 votes to 129

noun

A person who tends to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

Usage examples:

The pessimists point to ways in which life has deteriorated

noun

Someone who feels that bad things are more likely to happen than good things

Usage examples:

In the coming months pessimists will say that stocks are not a good buy., a pessimistic quarterly i…

adjective

Tending to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen.

Usage examples:

He was pessimistic about the prospects

adjective

Thinking that bad things are more likely to happen or emphasizing the bad part of a situation

Usage examples:

The tone of the meeting was very pessimistic., the doctors are pessimistic (= not hopeful) about hi…

noun

A person who gives up easily or does not have the courage or determination to finish a task.

Usage examples:

He's no quitter

adjective

Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about.

Usage examples:

My response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders

verb

Voluntarily leave a job or office.

Usage examples:

He resigned from the company in protest of the treatment of his co-workers

adjective

Willing to accept something unpleasant

Usage examples:

They are resigned and a little depressed at the thought of losing money for at least the first year.

noun

Someone who worries a lot

Usage examples:

I can't help being a worrier - some people are just born that way.

noun

A stock, company, etc., that produces or generates a specified level of gain or financial return.

Usage examples:

The stock is a low yielder at present