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Adjective
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Traditionally cynical and perceptive commentators—not to mention a lot of tired citizens—found themselves, in some accounts, overcome by an unexpected wave of patriotic sentimentality that washed away, at least for a moment, their gnawing doubts.
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Heston is at his most gleefully cynical as Robert Thorn, a police detective who lives and works in a New York City decimated by environmental deterioration and dwindling resources.
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Whatever a naysayer of the sport in this country wants to say about it, professional soccer and expectations for the national teams are part of the American sports culture now.
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Forbes Senior Contributor David Nikel was among the cruise naysayers before setting sail on his first voyage.
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Some physicists are skeptical that such waves could escape the intense gravitational environment near a black hole’s event horizon, or that current instruments can reliably separate a direct wave signal from the surrounding noise.
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The fresh attack, the first reported since the US and Iran agreed last week to work toward a peace deal, prompted an uptick in global oil prices and came as Secretary of State Marco Rubio tried to sell the peace agreement to skeptical Gulf nations.
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That is a hard thing to live with—but, the pessimist would answer, who thought life was supposed to be easy?
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As late as August 2007, the Federal Reserve was skeptical of such bubble talk, while Grantham was dismissed as a pessimist, a dismissal that soon proved mistaken.
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The philosophy-minded writer, apart from being generally (and characteristically) misanthropic, was making a profound point.
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Wealthy, misanthropic and obsessive-compulsive, Melvin Udall, played by Jack Nicholson, develops an unlikely bond with Carol, a waitress portrayed by Helen Hunt.
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But the fatalist in me feels like this stuff is coming.
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Recent polls show majority of voters are pessimistic about the economy and a lasting peace deal with Iran.
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Despite this, the staff report from the meeting expressed a pessimistic financial outlook for the town.
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Frank was trying to set realistic expectations for the season, but made comments that were interpreted as defeatist.
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Hegseth largely declined to provide specifics, instead denouncing critics as defeatists, questioning their patriotism and insisting the mission had broad public support.
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“Negativist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/negativist. Accessed 29 Jun. 2026.
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