Examples of pessimistic in a Sentence
Most doctors were pessimistic that a cure could be found.
The film gives a very pessimistic view of human nature.
He has an extremely negative and pessimistic attitude.
Recent Examples on the Web
Art, feeling pessimistic again, stepped outside of the hangar to smoke a cigarette.
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Jason Kersten, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2024
Sony’s latest entry into its Spider-Man Universe, Madame Web, opened this week to dismal reviews and pessimistic box office prospects.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
The current consensus outlook is for three 25 basis point rate cuts this year, with some having even more pessimistic views.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
If that’s disrupted by this ultra pessimistic scenario then everyone — oil importers or not — will suffer from higher inflation mainly boosted by soaring energy costs.
—Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Jackie’s section is Memory Piece’s most pessimistic, or, perhaps, its most realistic.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
And while genuflecting before the Reagan myth, Trump could not have been more different—an angry, pessimistic figure who warned that America was doomed and promised a return to a mythic past.
—CBS News, 23 Mar. 2024
But for Gray, not even Hobbes is pessimistic enough.
—Helena Rosenblatt, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Investors Intelligence bull-bear ratio is another indicator that measures the level of optimistic versus pessimistic advisers.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
Jason Kersten, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2024
Sony’s latest entry into its Spider-Man Universe, Madame Web, opened this week to dismal reviews and pessimistic box office prospects.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Feb. 2024
The current consensus outlook is for three 25 basis point rate cuts this year, with some having even more pessimistic views.
—Will Daniel, Fortune, 3 Apr. 2024
If that’s disrupted by this ultra pessimistic scenario then everyone — oil importers or not — will suffer from higher inflation mainly boosted by soaring energy costs.
—Simon Constable, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024
Jackie’s section is Memory Piece’s most pessimistic, or, perhaps, its most realistic.
—Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 27 Mar. 2024
And while genuflecting before the Reagan myth, Trump could not have been more different—an angry, pessimistic figure who warned that America was doomed and promised a return to a mythic past.
—CBS News, 23 Mar. 2024
But for Gray, not even Hobbes is pessimistic enough.
—Helena Rosenblatt, Foreign Affairs, 20 Feb. 2024
The Investors Intelligence bull-bear ratio is another indicator that measures the level of optimistic versus pessimistic advisers.
—Krystal Hur, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Pessimistic.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pessimistic. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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pessimistic
adjective
pes·si·mis·tic
ˌpes-ə-ˈmis-tik 
: of, relating to, or marked by pessimism : gloomy
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