Pessimism synonyms

pĕs'ə-mĭz'əm

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gloom
An atmosphere of melancholy or depression:
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cynicism
The attitudes or beliefs of a cynical person
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nihilism
(Philosophy) Extreme skepticism, maintaining that nothing has a real existence.
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unhappiness
The feeling of not being happy
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low spirits
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despondency
Despondency is defined as a state of feeling hopeless or dejected.
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melancholy
Great sadness or depression, especially of a thoughtful or introspective nature.
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blighted hope
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lack of expectation
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depression (related)
A lowering in amount, degree, or position:
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grief (related)
Intense emotional suffering caused by loss, disaster, misfortune, etc.; acute sorrow; deep sadness
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sadness (related)
(Uncountable) The state or emotion of being sad.
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gloomy
Affected with, or expressing, gloom; melancholy; dejected.
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morose
The definition of morose is having a gloomy attitude or character.
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pessimistic
The definition of pessimistic is constantly expecting the worst.
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satirical
Of, pertaining to, or connected with satire.
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despair
Loss of hope
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melancholia
Clinical depression, characterised by irrational fears, guilt and apathy
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weltschmerz
Sentimental pessimism or melancholy over the state of the world
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optimism (antonym)
A tendency to expect the best possible outcome or dwell on the most hopeful aspects of a situation.
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confidence (antonym)
Trust or faith in a person or thing:
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trust (antonym)
Reliance on something in the future; hope:
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malism
The belief that the world is evil.
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scepticism (related)
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fatalism (related)
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idealism (related)
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skepticism (related)
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ambivalence (related)
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naivety (related)
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misanthropy (related)
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unease (related)
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sentiment (related)
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conservatism (related)
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triumphalism (related)
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Find another word for pessimism. In this page you can discover 36 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for pessimism, like: gloom, doubt, cynicism, hopelessness, nihilism, unhappiness, low spirits, despondency, melancholy, blighted hope and lack of expectation.
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Pessimism Sentence Examples

  • It is pessimism that says, "We are doomed."

  • Oriental pessimism, at least as understood by Europeans, is best exemplified in Buddhism, which finds in human life sorrow and pain.

  • Pessimism, therefore, depends upon the individual point of view, and the term is frequently used merely in a condemnatory sense by hostile critics.

  • But the gloom of Juvenal's pessimism is unlighted by hope.

  • He directs this spirit of revolt also against the sources of his own inspiration; he turns bitterly against Wagner, whose intimate friend and enthusiastic admirer he had been, and denounces him as the musician of decadent emotionalism; he rejects his "educator" Schopenhauer's pessimism, and transforms his will to live into a "Will to Power."

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