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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pes-uh-mist
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛs ə mɪst



Definition of pessimist

Origin :
  • 1820, "one who habitually expects the worst" (Knowles' dictionary, 1835, defines it as "A universal complainer"), from 19c. French pessimiste (see pessimism).
  • noun person who expects bad outcome
Example sentences :
  • He was not sanguine, and a French pessimist is the worst thing of the kind that is to be found.
  • Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman
  • Mark Twain was not a pessimist in his heart, but only by premeditation.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Mr. Clemens, you are not a pessimist, you only think you are.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete » by Albert Bigelow Paine
  • Though very far from being a pessimist, he was not a man of foolish illusions.
  • Extract from : « Victory » by Joseph Conrad
  • The pessimist says "Business is not half as good as it would be if it was twice as good as it is."
  • Extract from : « Dollars and Sense » by Col. Wm. C. Hunter
  • I ain't what they call a pessimist, but I thinks poorly of most things.
  • Extract from : « The Adventures of Harry Revel » by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
  • Even Guatt Kirbey, the ship's pessimist, could find no objection to it.
  • Extract from : « Space Viking » by Henry Beam Piper
  • At the same time he was no Pessimist and did not hold that life was altogether bad.
  • Extract from : « The Gods are Athirst » by Anatole France
  • Do not pay too much attention to my Jeremiads; you know what a pessimist I am.
  • Extract from : « The Island Pharisees » by John Galsworthy
  • Since Silas was defeated for Register of Deeds he has become a pessimist.
  • Extract from : « In Our Town » by William Allen White

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