pessimistic

CEFRB2

/ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Expecting bad things to happen.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.

Examples

  • He has a tendency to be pessimistic.

  • He is extremely pessimistic and has no aspirations.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.

  2. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.

More examples

In context

  • The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.

  • a pessimistic view of the future

  • pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking

Antonyms

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Origin

adjective

From pessimist + -ic.