Optimistic
Antonyms of OPTIMISTIC
- funereal, disheartening, demoralised, unlikely, dismal, discouraging, dejected, cheerless, dreary, downbeat, doubtful, gray, demoralized, dubious, hopeless, uncertain, unpropitious, wretched, bearish, grim, pessimistic, disheartened, unfavorable, depressing, miserable, depressed, dark, gloomy, inauspicious, disconfirming, neutral, discouraged, unpromising, uncheerful, unencouraging, comfortless, desperate, sorrowful.
Examples of usage:
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Your lover is ever optimistic, and he could conceive of no errand that could have brought this man to his cottage unless he was charged with the delivery of a note from Maud. "A Damsel in Distress" by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
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Our answer depends on the theory of human disposition, and in these epochs the theory is always optimistic. "Rousseau Volumes I. and II." by John Morley
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This pattern, taken up by others, reinforced by dazzling inventions, imposed an optimistic turn upon the theory of evolution. "Public Opinion" by Walter Lippmann
