26984 words

pessimist

2 definitions • 3 examples
1
a person who thinks that bad things are more likely to happen or who emphasizes the bad part of a situation:

Examples:

Don't be such a pessimist!
Change may not come as fast, or as brutally, as the pessimists fear.
2
someone who feels that bad things are more likely to happen than good things:

Examples:

In the coming months pessimists will say that stocks are not a good buy.

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