Synonyms for pessimist

Grammar : Noun

Spell : pes-uh-mist

Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛs ə mɪst

Top 10 synonyms for pessimist

Other synonyms for the word pessimist

Définition of pessimist

Origin : 1820, "one who habitually expects the worst" (Knowles' dictionary, 1835, defines it as "A universal complainer"), from 19c. French pessimiste (see pessimism).

noun person who expects bad outcome

Example sentences :

He was not sanguine, and a French pessimist is the worst thing of the kind that is to be found.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

Mark Twain was not a pessimist in his heart, but only by premeditation.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Mr. Clemens, you are not a pessimist, you only think you are.
Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine

Though very far from being a pessimist, he was not a man of foolish illusions.
Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad

The pessimist says "Business is not half as good as it would be if it was twice as good as it is."
Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter

I ain't what they call a pessimist, but I thinks poorly of most things.
Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Revel » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

Even Guatt Kirbey, the ship's pessimist, could find no objection to it.
Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper

At the same time he was no Pessimist and did not hold that life was altogether bad.
Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France

Do not pay too much attention to my Jeremiads; you know what a pessimist I am.
Extract from : « The Island Pharisees » by John Galsworthy

Since Silas was defeated for Register of Deeds he has become a pessimist.
Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White

Antonyms for pessimist

optimist

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