Synonyms of fatalistic

fatalistic

adjective

as in cynical

having or showing a belief that the future is determined and cannot be changed

His fatalistic outlook resulted in a lack of motivation to pursue a career.

Related Words

• cynical
• negative
• nihilistic
• defeatist
• pessimistic
• depressing
• bleak
• misanthropic
• negativistic
• nihilist
• grim
• sardonic
• skeptical
• hostile
• distrustful
• mistrustful
• ironic
• derisive
• wry
• suspicious
• somber
• scornful
• negativist
• mocking
• morose
• downbeat
• despairing
• contrary
• cheerless
• desperate
• sullen
• saturnine
• hopeless
• discouraging
• gloomy
• unlikely
• funereal
• dry
• inauspicious
• sepulchral
• dismal
• disheartening
• bearish
• jaded
• comfortless
• unpromising
• dreary
• desolate
• worldly-wise
• sophisticated

Dissimilar Words

• optimistic
• positive
• cheerful
• positivistic
• hopeful
• positivist
• upbeat
• rosy
• romantic
• idealistic
• cheery
• sunny
• impractical
• Pollyannaish
• utopian
• Panglossian
• rose-colored
• Pollyanna
• idealist
• visionary
• favorable
• chipper
• good
• comforting
• reassuring
• likely
• bright
• promising
• uncynical
• encouraging
• fair
• golden
• propitious
• auspicious
• heartening
• cheering

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fatalistic

But Still Coming Down isn’t a fatalistic album as a whole, just a pragmatic one. — Shaad D’souza, Pitchfork, 27 Aug. 2026

The film follows Niaz (Bakhtadze), a once-famous star of Georgian cinema who embarks on a bizarre and fatalistic odyssey of self-transformation, after an unsettling audition with a young female director looking to cast him in a minor part. — Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026

With its fourth chapter, Reacher goes full neo-noir, embracing the genre’s fatalistic, gloomy approach while staying true to its action roots. — James Hibberd, HollywoodReporter, 11 Aug. 2026

The mystery character, played by Sadie Sink, is also dealing with her own demons of loss and fatalistic desperation. — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

But her grandfather Andrew Viterbi had a very different perspective, somewhere between fatalistic and hopeful. — Felicia Feaster, AJC.com, 27 July 2026

There’s another, less fatalistic response to both the Balogun red card reversal and the economic malaise. — Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 7 July 2026

By contrast, Whitehead was fatalistic. — Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 22 June 2026

Many, though, are fearful about what is to come at the World Cup — and fatalistic about the future. — Jack Lang, New York Times, 11 June 2026