Antonyms for pessimist
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pes-uh-mist |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛs ə mɪst |
Definition 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
- 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
Synonyms for pessimist
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