pessimistic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌpɛsəˈmɪstɪk/, X-SAMPA: /%pEs@"mIstIk/

Adjective

pessimistic (comparative more pessimistic, superlative most pessimistic)

1. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness.
2. Always expecting the worst.

Antonyms

• optimistic

Related terms

• pessimal
• pessimism
• pessimist

Translations

marked by pessimism and little hopefulness

• Arabic: متشائم (ar) (mutašāʾim)
• Armenian: հոռետեսական (hy) (hoṙetesakan)
• Catalan: pessimista (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悲觀的 (cmn), 悲观的 (cmn) (bēiguān de)

• Czech: pesimistický (cs)
• Finnish: pessimistinen (fi), synkkä (fi)
• French: pessimiste (fr)
• German: pessimistisch (de)
• Greek: πεσιμιστικός (el) (pesimistikós), απαισιόδοξος (el) (apaisiódoxos)
• Hungarian: pesszimisztikus (hu)

• Japanese: 悲観的 (ja) (ひかんてき, hikanteki)
• Korean: 비관적 (ko) (bi-gwan-jeok,悲觀的)
• Norwegian: pessimistisk (no)
• Russian: пессимистичный (ru) (pessimistíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: песимистичан (sh)

  Roman: pesimističan (sh)

• Spanish: pesimista (es)
• Swedish: pessimistisk (sv)
• Turkish: pesimist (tr), karamsar (tr)
• Volapük: badimik (vo)

always expecting the worst

• Arabic: متشائم (ar) (mutašāʾim)
• Armenian: հոռետեսական (hy) (hoṙetesakan)
• Catalan: pessimista (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 悲觀的 (cmn), 悲观的 (cmn) (bēiguān de)

• Finnish: pessimistinen (fi), synkkämielinen (fi)
• French: pessimiste (fr)
• German: pessimistisch (de)
• Hungarian: pesszimista (hu), borúlátó (hu)
• Japanese: 悲観的 (ja) (ひかんてき, hikanteki)

• Norwegian: pessimistisk (no)
• Russian: пессимистичный (ru) (pessimistíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: песимистичан (sh)

  Roman: pesimističan (sh)

• Spanish: pesimista (es)
• Swedish: pessimistisk (sv)
• Turkish: kötümser (tr)
• Volapük: badimik (vo)