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Meaning pessimistic meaning
What does pessimistic mean?
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Synonyms pessimistic synonyms
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Topics pessimistic topics
What do people use pessimistic to talk about?
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Examples pessimistic examples
How do I use pessimistic in a sentence?
Simple sentences
He is extremely pessimistic and has no aspirations.
It is always better to be optimistic than pessimistic.
The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.
He has a tendency to be pessimistic.
Sick people tend to be pessimistic.
I became a Catholic because I'm extremely pessimistic.
Stop being pessimistic! Everything will sort itself out.
Tom is pessimistic.
I think Tom is pessimistic.
Tom is very pessimistic.
Don't be so pessimistic.
Tom's a very pessimistic person and always sees the negative side of any situation.
You're always so pessimistic?
Tom has a tendency to be pessimistic.
Tom seemed to be pessimistic.
We're pessimistic.
I'm pessimistic.
How can you be this pessimistic?
I'm not pessimistic.
Tom is quite pessimistic.
Why are you so pessimistic?
Movie subtitles
ECHOES Pessimistic rumors are circulating about the financial situation of one of our most important Parisian theaters.
Do I sound that pessimistic?
Bit pessimistic, aren't you?
You needn't sound so pessimistic.
You shouldn't have been pessimistic, I never had a moment's doubt!
No, we mustn't be too pessimistic.
Don't be so pessimistic!
You're far too pessimistic.
Are you being optimistic, or am I being pessimistic?
You're pessimistic.
If I were you, I wouldn't be so pessimistic.
If you don't sing optimistically, there's no point. Not singing happily makes it sound pessimistic, rotten and gloomy.
Indians are always pessimistic.
I'm not pessimistic about this country. She finally collapsed here on the sidewalk. Sort of a faint.
You're sad, pessimistic and dominated by distrust!
I'm not trying to be unduly pessimistic.
I'd say they were pessimistic.
Let's not be so pessimistic, Napier.
Don't be so pessimistic.
Why are you so pessimistic these days?
Lily, don't be so pessimistic.
Oh, don't be pessimistic, Jack.
The Injuns are always pessimistic.
I have a very pessimistic view of life.
Don't be pessimistic.
Me. You needn't sound so pessimistic.
Oh, that's pessimistic.
I have a pessimistic view of life.
I don't like to be pessimistic but their dream may be going right down the drain.
But why it's so pessimistic?
News and current affairs
The reason behind that uninspiring consensus is simple: people - economists and investors alike - have become so pessimistic about Russia that they no longer can see positive facts.
The only upbeat note was struck by someone who remarked that Davos consensus forecasts are almost always wrong, so perhaps this time it would prove excessively pessimistic.
The first Earth Day, in 1970, was deeply pessimistic.
BERLIN - I am on a two-week European tour at a time that could make one either very pessimistic or constructively optimistic about Europe's prospects.
Pessimistic Europeans are behind the curve.
Nothing that has happened since has convinced me that the textbook was excessively pessimistic.
Europeans are undoubtedly more pessimistic than Americans about progress in general, and recent events merely seem to have reinforced this stance.
All this sounds pretty pessimistic but is not meant to be; it is meant to calibrate that change takes a lot of time, more so if it is tentative and reluctant.
According to Kiyosaki, his poor but scholarly dad tended to be pessimistic about one's ability to achieve anything in the real world, so he discouraged his son from even trying.
This is probably too pessimistic.
However, by 2100, even the most pessimistic forecasts from the UN expect the average person in the developing countries to be richer than now, and thus better able to cope.
In other words, Europeans are pessimistic about the future and thus are reluctant to stimulate growth, whereas Americans remain optimistic and prepared to give any policy instrument a chance.
Pessimistic observers foresee a continual decline of freedom rather than a liberal equilibrium.
Asians need not be pessimistic; the perfect storm of a hard landing in China, a double-dip recession in the United States, and a collapse of the eurozone is unlikely.
While the overwhelming majority of citizens are convinced that further armed conflict in the region is unlikely, the public's mood - with the exception of Kosovars and Albanians - is pessimistic.
After a period of calm that has now lasted a decade, dire economic warnings are back. Forecasts for the world economy are turning pessimistic, and economists in export-dependent Argentina are finding much to worry about.
PARIS - Are non-Europeans much less pessimistic about Europe than Europeans themselves?
While this seems to be a very pessimistic assessment of the regional situation, the radical Islamist side has many weaknesses.
Paradoxically, in the pessimistic scenario, Iran's new government, controlled by conservatives and hardliners, actually fits into the region better than the current one.
But there you can read very pessimistic estimates of the country's economic future.
But if you are a blue-fin tuna of the western Atlantic stock, your mood will be decidedly more pessimistic.
But independent forecasters are more pessimistic.
And yet, while the consumption-tax increase is not ideally timed, I am not entirely pessimistic about its impact.