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Pessimist Moderate

Origin: Greek suffix -ist

Pessimist has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a person who expects the worst

2

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

See Also
pessimize pessimistic pessimism croaker pessimists crapehanger worrywart gloomleader
Related Terms
Antonyms
optimist
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
skeptic
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
defeatist
Rhyming Words
ist nist kist uist hist bist dist list jist wist mist sist iist cist rist gist fist trist feist boist
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