pessimist

See also Pessimist

English

Etymology

Latin pessimus (“worst”).

Noun

pessimist (plural pessimists)

1. Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

Antonyms

• optimist

Related terms

• pessimism
• pessimistic

Hyponyms

• bear (finance)

Translations

someone who habitually expects the worst outcome

• Catalan: pessimista (ca) m and f
• Czech: pesimista (cs) m
• Dutch: zwartdenker (nl) m, doemdenker (nl) m, pessimist (nl) m
• Esperanto: pesimisto (eo)
• Finnish: pessimisti (fi)
• German: Pessimist (de) m
• Jèrriais: pessimiste m and f
• Norwegian (bokmål): pessimist m

• Norwegian (nynorsk): pessimist m
• Polish: pesymista (pl) m, pesymistka (pl) f
• Russian: пессимист (ru) (pessimíst) m, пессимистка (ru) (pessimístka) f
• Serbo-Croatian: pesìmist (sh) m
• Spanish: pesimista (es) m and f
• Swedish: pessimist (sv) c
• Volapük: (male or female) badiman (vo), (male) hibadiman (vo), (female) jibadiman (vo)

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Dutch

Noun

pessimist m (plural pessimisten, diminutive pessimistje, feminine pessimiste)

1. pessimist

Synonyms

• (pessimist): doemdenker, zwartdenker, zwartkijker

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Norwegian

Noun

pessimist m

1. pessimist

Related terms

• pessimisme

Antonyms

• optimist