pessimistic

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌpɛsəˈmɪstɪk/, 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) Armenian: հոռետեսական (hy) (hoṙetesakan) Catalan: pessimista (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 悲觀主義的, simpl. 悲观主义的 Croatian: pesimìstičan (hr) Czech: pesimistický (cs) Finnish: pessimistinen (fi), synkkä (fi) French: pessimiste (fr) German: pessimistisch (de)

Hungarian: pesszimisztikus (hu) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: 비관적 (ko) (bi-gwan-jeok,悲觀的) Norwegian: pessimistisk (no) Russian: пессимистичный (ru) Spanish: pesimista (es) Swedish: pessimistisk (sv) Turkish: pesimist (tr), karamsar (tr) Volapük: badimik (vo)

always expecting the worst

Arabic: متشائم (ar) Armenian: հոռետեսական (hy) (hoṙetesakan) Catalan: pessimista (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 悲觀的, simpl. 悲观的 Croatian: pesimìstičan (hr) Finnish: pessimistinen (fi), synkkämielinen (fi) French: pessimiste (fr) German: pessimistisch (de)

Hungarian: pesszimista (hu), borúlátó (hu) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: pessimistisk (no) Russian: пессимистичный (ru) Spanish: pesimista (es) Swedish: pessimistisk (sv) Turkish: kötümser (tr) Volapük: badimik (vo)