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pessimists

pessimists is the plural of pessimist.

Meaning of pessimist

Noun

pessimist (plural pessimists)

  1. Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.
    • I will not marry a pessimist, a born loser, a fellow who has no fight in him.1940 September 29, “Letters Reveal Ordeals in France”, in The New York Times, page 12
    Antonyms:
    optimist

Questions about pessimists

What is pessimists the plural of?
Pessimists is the plural of pessimist.

Words near pessimists in the dictionary

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

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