Definition of Pessimistic

Pessimistic

Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding.

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Pessimistic Quotations

As individuals, people are inherently good. I have a somewhat more pessimistic view of people in groups. And I remain extremely concerned when I see what's happening in our country, which is in many ways the luckiest place in the world. We don't seem to be excited about making our country a better place for our kids.
Steve Jobs

It's not the tools that you have faith in - tools are just tools. They work, or they don't work. It's people you have faith in or not. Yeah, sure, I'm still optimistic I mean, I get pessimistic sometimes but not for long.
Steve Jobs

A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.
Aldous Huxley

When I look at the world I'm pessimistic, but when I look at people I am optimistic.
Carl Rogers

When you have vision it affects your attitude. Your attitude is optimistic rather than pessimistic.
Charles R. Swindoll

At my age it is unseemly to be pessimistic.
Naguib Mahfouz

Twenty years ago, you might have been pessimistic and said there's no hope. But these days, some of our very biggest companies are acting remarkably cleanly. And in some cases, although not all cases, the CEOs are the driving forces behind that.
Jared Diamond

Every economy is uncertain. Referring to this or any economy as "uncertain" is an unnecessary and pessimistic redundancy.
Bo Bennett

If, as is natural, you focus on the corruption and on those threatened institutions that are trying to prevent change - even though they don't really know what they're trying to prevent - then you can get pessimistic.
Paul Hawken

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
Titus Livius

In the current climate, we live in a pessimistic and non-idealistic world.
Emilio Estevez

If everything always went perfectly, I would feel like, When is the ball going to drop? Because good things don't always last. Maybe I'm a pessimistic person. When something just seems too good, I can't believe it.
January Jones

I'm not pessimistic about people in general, but only about the way they live.
Claude Chabrol

Some people say my work is often depressing and pessimistic, with the emphasis on death, blood, overcrowding, strange beings and so on, but I don't really think it is.
H. R. Giger

I'm now beginning to feel that the pessimistic vision is not for the movies.
Karel Reisz

I'm generally pessimistic about the dumbing down of America - especially with summer movies.
Elmer Bernstein

If the general opinion is pessimistic, fantasy is going to hold its own.
David Eddings

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Pessimistic Translations

pessimistic in Dutch is pessimistisch, zwaarhoofdig
pessimistic in German is pessimistisch
pessimistic in Italian is pessimistico
pessimistic in Spanish is pesimista

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