Pessimist - English meaning

noun

Someone who exaggerates a danger and so causes needless worry or panic.

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The problem is a fabrication by alarmists

adjective

Creating needless worry or panic.

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Alarmist rumours

noun

A person who communicates anxiety and fear, esp. unnecessarily

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Some in the insurance industry consider weiss an alarmist, but others think his predictions are acc…

proper noun

A daughter of the trojan king priam. she was given the gift of prophecy by apollo, but when she cheated him, he turned this into a curse by causing her prophecies, though true, to be disbelieved.

noun

A prophet of disaster, especially one who is disregarded.

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Seldom have the unwanted words of a cassandra been more ignored than his speech on the us economy

noun

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

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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

noun

A person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure.

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It also appeals to defeatists, cynics, and worldly-wise men who are not prepared to try to change t…

adjective

Demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure.

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We have a duty not to be so defeatist

adjective

Having no hope and expecting to fail

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Being defeatist will get us nowhere., he's got such a defeatist attitude., i can't believe it - you…

noun

Death, destruction, or some other terrible fate.

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The aircraft was sent crashing to its doom in the water

verb

Condemn to certain death or destruction.

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Fuel was spilling out of the damaged wing and the aircraft was doomed

noun

Someone who tries to make people believe that something very bad is going to happen, usually when this is not necessary or reasonable

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Pay no attention to the doom mongers — business is booming!, people stop listening if they think yo…

noun

A person who predicts disaster.

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Perhaps you have already heard some doomsayers predict that a worldwide catastrophe will befall our…

noun

Someone who says bad things are going to happen

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Despite the doomsayers, the athenians delivered the olympic games when they said they would., "i ha…

noun

Another term for doomsayer.

noun

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

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

noun

A person who questions or lacks faith in something; a sceptic.

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He had proved all his doubters wrong

noun

Someone who doubts

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Critics and doubters

noun

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

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

noun

A person who deliberately spoils the enjoyment of others.

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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.

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A man who had brought her nothing but misery

noun

Great unhappiness

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

noun

A person inclined to question or doubt accepted opinions.

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This argument failed to convince the sceptics

adjective

Another term for sceptical.

noun

A person who doubts the truth or value of an idea or belief

Usage examples:

People say it can cure colds, but i'm a bit of a sceptic., to convince the sceptics

noun

Someone who worries a lot

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