English Explanatory Dictionary

pessimistic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
  2. Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
  3. Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.

Pronunciation

/ˌpɛ.səˈmɪs.tɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pessimistic.wav

Word forms

pessimistic more pessimistic most pessimistic

Etymology

From pessimist + -ic.

Antonyms

optimistic

Related words

pessimal pessimism pessimist

Derived words

cyberpessimistic ecopessimistic heteropessimistic overpessimistic pessimistically pessimistic concurrency pessimistic time unpessimistic

Translations

Arabic: مُتَشَائِم Armenian: հոռետեսական Catalan: pessimista Chinese Mandarin: 悲觀的 /悲观的 Finnish: pessimistinen Finnish: synkkämielinen French: pessimiste Galician: pesimista German: pessimistisch Hungarian: pesszimista Hungarian: borúlátó Indonesian: pesimistis Japanese: 悲観的 Norwegian: pessimistisk Persian: بدبین Persian: بد بینانه Plautdietsch: dunkelsiedich Portuguese: pessimista Russian: пессимисти́чный Serbo-Croatian: песимистичан Serbo-Croatian: pesimističan Spanish: pesimista Swedish: pessimistisk Thai: มองโลกในแง่ร้าย Turkish: kötümser Volapük: badimik
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