pessimistic — See gloomy. See gloomy, pessimistic … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
gloomy — See gloomy, pessimistic … Dictionary of problem words and expressions
gloomy — [adj1] dark, black bleak, caliginous, cheerless, clouded, cloudy, crepuscular, desolate, dim, dismal, dreary, dull, dusky, forlorn, funereal, lightless, murky, obscure, overcast, overclouded, sepulchral, shadowy, somber, tenebrous, unilluminated … New thesaurus
pessimistic — I adjective cheerless, crushed, cynical, defeatist, dejected, depressed, despairing, desperate, despondent, disconsolate, discouraged, disheartened, dismayed, dispirited, distrustful, downcast, downhearted, foreboding, forlorn, gloomy, glum,… … Law dictionary
pessimistic — *cynical, misanthropic, misogynic Analogous words: gloomy, morose (see SULLEN): depressed, oppressed, weighed down (see DEPRESS) Antonyms: optimistic Contrasted words: sanguine, *confident, assured … New Dictionary of Synonyms
pessimistic — [adj] expecting bad outcome bleak, cynical, dark, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, discouraged, distrustful, downhearted, fatalistic, foreboding, gloomy, glum, hopeless, melancholy, misanthropic, morbid, morose, resigned, sad, sullen … New thesaurus
gloomy — index bleak (not favorable), bleak (severely simple), despondent, disconsolate, lugubrious, ominous, pessimistic, portentous ( … Law dictionary
gloomy prophecy — pessimistic forecast, dismal prediction, comfortless forecast … English contemporary dictionary
pessimistic — I (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Discouraging] Syn. bleak, dismal, worrisome, downbeat*; see dismal 1 . 2. [Inclined to a discouraging view] Syn. hopeless, gloomy, cynical, misanthropic, negative, negativistic, defeatist, melancholy, depressed, sullen,… … English dictionary for students
gloomy — adjective (gloomier; est) Date: 1588 1. a. partially or totally dark; especially dismally and depressingly dark < gloomy weather > b. having a frowning or scowling appearance ; forbidding < a gloomy countenance > … New Collegiate Dictionary
