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Synonyms & Antonyms of nihilistic
as in cynical, fatalistic
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for nihilistic
- bleak,
- cheerless,
- comfortless,
- depressing,
- desolate,
- dismal,
- dreary,
- funereal,
- gloomy,
- morose,
- saturnine,
- sepulchral,
- somber
- (or sombre),
- sullen
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for nihilistic
- hopeful,
- optimistic,
- Panglossian,
- Pollyanna,
- Pollyannaish
- (also Pollyannish),
- rose-colored,
- rosy,
- upbeat
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