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pessimism
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1 pessimism
The feeling that things will turn out badly.
Roget 837:
dejection;
dejectedness
etc.
adj.;
depression,
prosternation†;
lowness of spirits,
depression of spirits;
weight on the spirits,
oppression on the spirits,
damp on the spirits;
low spirits,
bad spirits,
drooping spirits,
depressed spirits;
heart sinking;
heaviness of heart,
failure of heart.
heaviness
etc.
adj.;
infestivity†,
gloom;
weariness
etc.
841;
taedium vitae,
disgust of life;
mal du pays
etc.
(regret)
833;
anhedonia†.
melancholy;
sadness
etc.
adj.;
il penseroso [It],
melancholia,
dismals†,
blues,
lachrymals†,
mumps†,
dumps,
blue devils,
doldrums;
vapors,
megrims,
spleen,
horrors,
hypochondriasis [Med.],
pessimism;
la maladie sans maladie [Fr.];
despondency,
slough of Despond;
disconsolateness
etc.
adj.;
hope deferred,
blank despondency;
voiceless woe.
prostration of soul;
broken heart;
despair
etc.
859;
cave of despair,
cave of Trophonius demureness
etc.
adj.;
gravity,
solemnity;
long face,
grave face.
hypochondriac,
seek sorrow,
self-tormentor,
heautontimorumenos†,
malade imaginaire [Fr.],
medecin tant pis [Fr.];
croaker,
pessimist;
mope,
mopus†.
[Cause of dejection]
affliction
etc.
830;
sorry sight;
memento mori [Lat.];
damper,
wet blanket,
Job's comforter.
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Roget 859:
hopelessness
etc.
adj.;
despair,
desperation;
despondency,
depression
etc.
(dejection)
837;
pessimism,
pessimist;
Job's comforter;
bird of bad omen,
bird of ill omen.
abandonment,
desolation;
resignation,
surrender,
submission
etc.
725.
hope deferred,
dashed hopes;
vain expectation
etc.
(disappointment)
509.
airy hopes
etc.
etc.
858;
forlorn hope;
gone case,
dead duck,
gone coon [U.S.];
goner [Slang];
bad job,
bad business;
enfant perdu [Fr.];
gloomy horizon,
black spots in the horizon;
slough of Despond,
cave of Despair;
immedicabile vulnus [Lat.].
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Roget 483:
underestimation;
depreciation
etc.
(detraction)
934;
pessimism,
pessimist;
undervaluing
etc.
v.;
modesty
etc.
881.
Roget 482:
overestimation
etc.
v.;
exaggeration
etc.
549;
vanity
etc.
880;
optimism,
pessimism,
pessimist.
much cry and little wool,
much ado about nothing;
storm in a teacup,
tempest in a teacup;
fine talking.
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2 pessimism
A general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things.
Pools: czarnowidztwo, defetyzm, pesymizm
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