as in cynic
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons
those naysayers who attack the integrity of the entire judicial system
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Recent Examples of naysayer
Those improvements included an electric charge that sent one poor Negan naysayer flying back on the season premiere.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2025
Do not let naysayers stop you from your heart’s pursuit.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Wednesday Microsoft: The software and cloud giant proved naysayers wrong with its quarterly results.
—Morgan Chittum,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 May 2025
Perry’s fellow galactic passengers Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez — whose fiancé, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, founded Blue Origin — have also hit back at naysayers of the 11-minute jaunt to the edge of space on April 14.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2025
Do not let naysayers stop you from your heart’s pursuit.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Wednesday Microsoft: The software and cloud giant proved naysayers wrong with its quarterly results.
—Morgan Chittum,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 May 2025
Perry’s fellow galactic passengers Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez — whose fiancé, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, founded Blue Origin — have also hit back at naysayers of the 11-minute jaunt to the edge of space on April 14.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naysayer
Noun
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Abdellatif Kechiche’s 2013 graphic lesbian love story Blue Is the Warmest Color confounded cynics by winning over a jury headed by, of all people, Steven Spielberg.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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Ignore the cynics and their interest in intimidating ironic innovation!—
Chris Jones,
New York Daily News,
8 Apr. 2025
Noun
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Highlights of the evening included a live musical performance by Carla Renata, actress, film critic and singer.—
Carin Schoppmeyer,
Arkansas Online,
18 May 2025
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The awards highlight the best achievements in Arab filmmaking over the past year, with this year’s winners selected by a panel of 281 film critics from around the world.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
17 May 2025
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“Naysayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naysayer. Accessed 29 May. 2025.
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