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pessimist


  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pessimist  \Pes"si*mist\,  n.  [L.  pessimus  worst:  cf  F. 
  pessimiste.] 
  1.  (Metaph.)  One  who  advocates  the  doctrine  of  pessimism;  -- 
  opposed  to  {optimist}. 
 
  2.  One  who  looks  on  the  dark  side  of  things 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pessimist  \Pes"si*mist\,  Pessimistic  \Pes`si*mis"tic\,  a. 
  (Metaph.) 
  Of  or  pertaining  to  pessimism;  characterized  by  pessimism; 
  gloomy;  foreboding.  ``Giving  utterance  to  pessimistic 
  doubt.''  --Encyc.  Brit. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pessimist 
  n  :  a  person  who  expects  the  worst  [ant:  {optimist}] 




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