noun
misanthrope, misogynist, misogamist, mocker, satirist, scoffer, pessimist, sarcastic person, caviler, sneerer, flouter, carper, critic, unbeliever, egoist, manhater, skeptic, doubter, questioner, detractor, negativist, nihilist, doubting Thomas*; see also critic 1.
Antonyms optimist, believer*, idealist.
See cynic in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
A person who expects only the worst from people:
Marked by or displaying contemptuous mockery of the motives or virtues of others:
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