pessimistic

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• /ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/
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• rhymes with -ɪstɪk
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Etymology tree English pessimist Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English pessimistic From pessimist + -ic.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُتَشَائِم (mutašāʔim) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Armenian: հոռետեսական (hoṙetesakan) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Belarusian: песімісты́чны (pjesimistýčny) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Bulgarian: песимисти́чен (pesimistíčen) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Catalan: pessimista — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Chinese Cantonese: 悲觀 /悲观 (bei1 gun1) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Chinese Mandarin: 悲觀的 /悲观的 (bēiguān de) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Czech: pesimistický — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Danish: pessimistisk — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Finnish: pessimistinen — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Finnish: synkkä — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• French: pessimiste — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Galician: pesimista — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• German: pessimistisch — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Greek: πεσιμιστικός (pesimistikós) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Greek: απαισιόδοξος (apaisiódoxos) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Hebrew: פסימי — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Hungarian: pesszimisztikus — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Hungarian: pesszimista — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Icelandic: svartsýnn — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Icelandic: bölsýnn — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Indonesian: pesimistis — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Italian: pessimista — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Italian: pessimistico — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Japanese: 悲観的 (hikanteki) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Korean: 비관적 (bigwanjeok) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Māori: (ngākau) hākerekere — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Norwegian: pessimistisk — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Plautdietsch: dunkelsiedich — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Polish: pesymistyczny — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Portuguese: pessimista — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Russian: пессимисти́чный (pessimistíčnyj) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Serbo-Croatian: песимистичан — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Serbo-Croatian: pesimističan — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Slovak: pesimistický — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Spanish: pesimista — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Spanish: agorero — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Swedish: pessimistisk — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Thai: มองโลกในแง่ร้าย — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Turkish: pesimist — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Turkish: karamsar — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Ukrainian: песимісти́чний (pesymistýčnyj) — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Volapük: badimik — marked by pessimism and little hopefulness
• Arabic: مُتَشَائِم (mutašāʔim) — always expecting the worst
• Armenian: հոռետեսական (hoṙetesakan) — always expecting the worst
• Catalan: pessimista — always expecting the worst
• Chinese Mandarin: 悲觀的 /悲观的 (bēiguān de) — always expecting the worst
• Finnish: pessimistinen — always expecting the worst
• Finnish: synkkämielinen — always expecting the worst
• French: pessimiste — always expecting the worst
• Galician: pesimista — always expecting the worst
• German: pessimistisch — always expecting the worst
• Hungarian: pesszimista — always expecting the worst
• Hungarian: borúlátó — always expecting the worst
• Indonesian: pesimistis — always expecting the worst
• Japanese: 悲観的 (hikanteki) — always expecting the worst
• Norwegian: pessimistisk — always expecting the worst
• Persian: بدبین — always expecting the worst
• Persian: بد بینانه — always expecting the worst
• Plautdietsch: dunkelsiedich — always expecting the worst
• Portuguese: pessimista — always expecting the worst
• Russian: пессимисти́чный (pessimistíčnyj) — always expecting the worst
• Serbo-Croatian: песимистичан — always expecting the worst
• Serbo-Croatian: pesimističan — always expecting the worst
• Spanish: pesimista — always expecting the worst
• Swedish: pessimistisk — always expecting the worst
• Thai: มองโลกในแง่ร้าย — always expecting the worst
• Turkish: kötümser — always expecting the worst
• Volapük: badimik — always expecting the worst