How to Use pessimistic in a Sentence

pessimistic

adjective

• The film gives a very pessimistic view of human nature.
• Most doctors were pessimistic that a cure could be found.
• He has an extremely negative and pessimistic attitude.
• The pessimistic view is that the blowups are still to come.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 29 May 2022
• The most pessimistic among us had put their bet on June end.
  — Manavi Kapur, Quartz, 25 Mar. 2021
• To think no progress has been made is too pessimistic, Haynes said.
  — Marc Ramirez, Dallas News, 6 July 2020
• Such a thought might strike you as too dark, too pessimistic.
  — oregonlive, 20 Jan. 2021
• The pessimistic side is that, like the Rangers, what the Islanders have at the top simply might not be good enough.
  — Dom Luszczyszyn, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025
• At first glance, that may sound pessimistic, but there’s a lot of wisdom to it.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Aug. 2019
• By the end of last week, the pessimistic notes kept coming into my in-box.
  — Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2020
• But the way Seth sees it, Chalmers was overly pessimistic.
  — Quanta Magazine, 30 Sep. 2021
• López Maya on the other hand has a more pessimistic outcome in mind.
  — Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 19 June 2020
• Hannah Arendt: But Jean, that’s a rather pessimistic view.
  — WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
• But in this case, to say that things look black for it is not a pessimistic assessment.
  — The Economist, 5 Oct. 2019
• Consumers are also pessimistic about the chances of rent prices falling in the next year.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
• Yet its citizens are as pessimistic as any in the West.
  — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
• In June their forecast got lowered to 4.1%, and maybe that is still too pessimistic.
  — WSJ, 7 July 2023
• Some take an overtly pessimistic view of Banksy’s new work.
  — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Aug. 2024
• And Goldman’s numbers aren’t the most pessimistic out there.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 22 June 2022
• Black voters are the most pessimistic, with 77% feeling that way.
  — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• Most are pessimistic about the prospect of meaningful change.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
• The depth of the division has made some of those close to the family pessimistic about any way back into the fold.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
• Ole Miss coach Lane Kiffin had a more pessimistic view.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 16 Nov. 2020
• Polling showed voters were deeply pessimistic about the state of the economy and the direction of the nation.
  — Steve Peoples, ajc, 10 Nov. 2022
• Many traders appear to be pessimistic about a sustained crypto advance.
  — Bloomberg, Mercury News, 9 Mar. 2026
• Americans feel pessimistic about consumer spending when gasoline prices are rising.
  — Amy Myers Jaffe, The Conversation, 9 Mar. 2026
• Citrini was far from the only voice prophesying such a pessimistic future.
  — Leo Schwartz, Fortune, 2 Mar. 2026
• This is a pessimistic line of thinking.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026
• But the most pessimistic scenarios are, for the moment, unlikely.
  — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 26 Feb. 2026
• Who are these pessimistic weather people?
  — Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026