pessimistic

• He is habitually pessimistic, and pessimism and magnetism do not go together His complaint that the people were docile and would not recover their confidence and self-assertion in his time, was a bit of his inevitable gloom. —  The Mirrors Of Washington
• Henry much prefers his rule for predicting downturns: 'Do your best to be pessimistic, then double every change,' but it must be admitted the current correction fooled even this rule. —  Henry Thornton Blogs
• We've been fairly pragmatic and I guess you could call a pessimistic on the dynamics and turbulence in not only medical markets, but financial markets. —  SeekingAlpha.com: Home Page
• Mr Judge told MPs that usually when you look at the books of an insurance scheme like ACC - public or private - one finds the long term assumptions about the costs of the scheme vary between optimistic, pessimistic, and somewhere in between. —  National Business Review (NBR) New Zealand
• At the time the idea for Razorwire was born, mine just happened to be the ability to be cynical, pessimistic, and indignant, all while gleefully enjoying the misfortunes of others. —  Razorwire : Latest News

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