cynic English

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What does cynic mean?

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cynic Noun

— A cynic is a person who is sarcastic and has a negative attitude.

— A cynic is a person who believes every person is greedy.

cynic

— noun someone who is critical of the motives of others

Cynic

— noun a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

Synonyms cynic synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as cynic?

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cynical

pessimist

faultfinder

sneerer

sarcastic

perverse individual

misanthrope

canine

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Simple sentences

What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

A cynic is a blackguard whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be.

There is no such thing as a cynic, just people who describe the world as it is.

Weary of life, Tom became a cynic.

Movie subtitles

You're a cynic.

No, because out of force of long habit I've become content only to be an amused cynic a selfish onlooker, leaving others to shape the world.

He''S A Cynic.

He's an old cynic! I think he's sweet.

You old cynic.

Papa, you're a cynic.

Do you enjoy acting the cynic?

Also a cynic, mountebank and a charlatan.

Cynic!

Take no notice of him, Doctor, he was born a cynic.

Don't be a cynic.

If I wasn't the cynic you thought I was. If I didn't love you enough to kill someone. If I'd told Fabrizio all about your plan.

Are you a cynic?

You are a cynic, Herr Richter.

No wonder I became a cynic.

My friend Sandman is a cynic and hates women.

He's a cynic.

He's an old cynic!

For her young years, an advanced cynic and anti-communist.

And worse than that, you are a cynic!

Mr. Fitzgerald fortune, theater critic and cynic at large, on his way to a birthday party.

That's no surprise. She's such a cynic.

You're a bit of a cynic, dont' you think, wife of mine?

You act the cynic, but you ought to stay till the end.

You're a cynic, Humphrey.

A cynic?

Why a cynic?

Oh, but, Edith, I am not a cynic, only a realist.

Cynic.

He's a cynic. He doesn't believe in love.

The cynic!

The worst kind of cynic!

News and current affairs

A cynic might be tempted to say that when politicians run out of ideas, they turn to making or changing the constitution.

In all these cases, the cynic would be half-right.