Synonyms for pessimistic
pes·simistic

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1. pessimisticadjective

   Antonyms:
   optimistic

2. pessimisticadjective

   Antonyms:
   optimistic

3. pessimisticadjective

   Antonyms:
   optimistic

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1. pessimisticadjective

   expecting the worst possible outcome

   Antonyms:
   rosy, sanguine, bullish, upbeat, starry-eyed, rose-colored, optimistic, pollyannaish, cheerful

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1. pessimisticadjective

   Synonyms:
   gloomy, foreboding, hopeless

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1. List of paraphrases for "pessimistic":

   gloomy, downbeat, sombre

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1. Jason Oke:

   I might be pessimistic, but I think there are always going to be little pockets, places where it can spread quickly and it's difficult to see how we can overcome that, other than taking children out of schools, which I don't think we really want to do.

2. Kang Yoo-jin:

   While crude oil market outlooks are so pessimistic, the markets also have been dampened psychologically, with investors concerned of a crisis led by the Chinese economy.

3. Tu Xinquan:

   Even before this announcement, Trump's attitude on trade with China had changed a bit, i am a little pessimistic about this trade deal.

4. Mark Woolhouse:

   Using a mathematical model the authors show that even under the most pessimistic assumption that young people are fully infectious then school closures could still have substantially less impact on the epidemic than they would for influenza-like infections.

5. Leonid Mikhelson:

   Even by the most pessimistic valuations, the project is feasible.