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pessimistical

pessimistical is the archaic form of pessimistic.

Meaning of pessimistic

Adjective

pessimistic (comparative more pessimistic, superlative most pessimistic)

  1. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
    • a pessimistic view of the future
  2. Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
    • a pessimistic estimate
  3. Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.
    • pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking

Forms of pessimistical

comparativemore pessimistical
superlativemost pessimistical

Questions about pessimistical

What is pessimistical the archaic form of?
Pessimistical is the archaic form of pessimistic.

Words near pessimistical in the dictionary

  1. pessimistic
  2. pessimistic concurrencies
  3. pessimistic concurrency
  4. pessimistic time
  5. pessimistic times
  6. pessimistical
  7. pessimistically
  8. pessimists
  9. pessimization
  10. pessimizations
  11. pessimize

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