pessimist

See also: Pessimist

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus (“worst”).

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛsɪmɪst/

NounEdit

pessimist (plural pessimists)

1. Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

AntonymsEdit

• optimist

Related termsEdit

• pessimism
• pessimistic

HyponymsEdit

• bear (in finance)

TranslationsEdit

someone who habitually expects the worst outcome

• Catalan: pessimista (ca) m, f
• Czech: pesimista (cs) m
• Dutch: zwartdenker m, doemdenker m, pessimist (nl) m
• Esperanto: (♂♀) pesimisto, (♀) pesimistino
• Finnish: pessimisti (fi)
• French: pessimiste (fr) m, f
• Galician: pesimista m, f
• German: Pessimist (de) m, Pessimistin f
• Greek: απαισιόδοξος (el) (apaisiódoxos)
• Norman: pessimiste m, f
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: pessimist m

  Norwegian Nynorsk: pessimist m

• Polish: pesymista (pl) m, pesymistka (pl) f
• Portuguese: pessimista (pt) m, f
• Russian: пессими́ст (ru) m (pessimíst), пессими́стка (ru) f (pessimístka)
• Serbo-Croatian: pesìmist (sh) m
• Spanish: pesimista (es) m, f
• Swedish: pessimist (sv) c
• Turkish: pesimist (tr), kötümser (tr), karamsar (tr), bedbin (tr)
• Volapük: (♂♀) badiman (vo), (♂) hibadiman, (♀) jibadiman
• Welsh: pesimist m

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DanishEdit

NounEdit

pessimist c (singular definite pessimisten, plural indefinite pessimister)

1. pessimist

DeclensionEdit

Declension of pessimist

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	pessimist	pessimisten	pessimister	pessimisterne
genitive	pessimists	pessimistens	pessimisters	pessimisternes

AntonymsEdit

• optimist

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

pessimist m (plural pessimisten, diminutive pessimistje n, feminine pessimiste)

1. pessimist

SynonymsEdit

• (pessimist): doemdenker, zwartdenker, zwartkijker

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

NounEdit

pessimist m (definite singular pessimisten, indefinite plural pessimister, definite plural pessimistene)

1. a pessimist

Related termsEdit

• pessimisme

AntonymsEdit

• optimist

ReferencesEdit

• “pessimist” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

NounEdit

pessimist m (definite singular pessimisten, indefinite plural pessimistar, definite plural pessimistane)

1. a pessimist

Related termsEdit

• pessimisme

AntonymsEdit

• optimist

ReferencesEdit

• “pessimist” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.