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- 1 English
  
  1.1 Etymology
  
  1.2 Pronunciation
  
  1.3 Adjective
  
  1.3.1 Antonyms
  
  1.3.2 Related terms
  
  1.3.3 Translations

pessimistic definition

Overview

This page has 3 definitions of pessimistic in English. Pessimistic is an adjective. Examples of how to use pessimistic in a sentence are shown. Also define these 0 related words and terms: .

English

Etymology

pessimist +‎ -ic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Rhymes: -ɪstɪk

Adjective

pessimistic (comparative more pessimistic, superlative most pessimistic)

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

Antonyms

optimistic

Related terms

Translations

marked by pessimism and little hopefulness

Arabic: مُتَشَائِم‎ (mutašāʔim)
Armenian: հոռետեսական (hy) (hoṙetesakan)
Belarusian: песімісты́чны (pjesimistýčny)
Bulgarian: песимисти́чен (bg) (pesimistíčen)
Catalan: pessimista (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 悲觀／悲观 (bei¹ gun¹)

Mandarin: 悲觀的／悲观的 (zh) (bēiguān de)
Czech: pesimistický (cs)
Finnish: pessimistinen (fi), synkkä (fi)
French: pessimiste (fr)
Galician: pesimista
German: pessimistisch (de)
Greek: πεσιμιστικός (el) (pesimistikós), απαισιόδοξος (el) (apaisiódoxos)
Hungarian: pesszimisztikus (hu), pesszimista (hu)
Icelandic: svartsýnn, bölsýnn
Indonesian: pesimistis (id)
Italian: pessimista (it), pessimistico (it)
Japanese: 悲観的 (ja) (ひかんてき, hikanteki)
Korean: 비관적 (bigwanjeok)
Maori: (ngākau) hākerekere
Norwegian: pessimistisk
Plautdietsch: dunkelsiedich
Polish: pesymistyczny (pl)
Portuguese: pessimista (pt)
Russian: пессимисти́чный (ru) (pessimistíčnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: песимистичан

Roman: pesimističan (sh)
Slovak: pesimistický
Spanish: pesimista (es), agorero (es)
Swedish: pessimistisk (sv)
Thai: มองโลกในแง่ร้าย
Turkish: pesimist (tr), karamsar (tr)
Ukrainian: песимісти́чний (pesymistýčnyj)
Volapük: badimik (vo)

always expecting the worst

Arabic: مُتَشَائِم‎ (mutašāʔim)
Armenian: հոռետեսական (hy) (hoṙetesakan)
Catalan: pessimista (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 悲觀的／悲观的 (zh) (bēiguān de)
Finnish: pessimistinen (fi), synkkämielinen
French: pessimiste (fr)
Galician: pesimista
German: pessimistisch (de)
Hungarian: pesszimista (hu), borúlátó (hu)
Indonesian: pesimistis (id)
Japanese: 悲観的 (ja) (ひかんてき, hikanteki)
Norwegian: pessimistisk
Persian: بدبین‎ (fa), بد بینانه‎
Plautdietsch: dunkelsiedich
Portuguese: pessimista (pt)
Russian: пессимисти́чный (ru) (pessimistíčnyj)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: песимистичан

Roman: pesimističan (sh)
Spanish: pesimista (es)
Swedish: pessimistisk (sv)
Thai: มองโลกในแง่ร้าย
Turkish: kötümser (tr)
Volapük: badimik (vo)

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