pessimist (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *pessimist*:
NOUN	person	pessimist	a person who expects the worst

pessimist > pronunciation
Sounds	peh'sahmahst
Rhymes	abolitionist ... zoologist: 193 rhymes with ahst...

English > *pessimist*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A person who expects the worst.
Narrower	defeatist, negativist	someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions
Broader	skeptic, sceptic, doubter	someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs
Opposite	optimist	A person disposed to take a favorable view of things
Spanish	pesimista
Catalan	pessimista
Nouns	pessimism	a general disposition to look on the dark side and to expect the worst in all things
Nouns	pessimism	the feeling that things will turn out badly

HyperDic: pessimist