| 单词 | naysayer |
| 释义 | naysayer (once / 32382 pages) n A naysayer is a person who always says "No." Naysayers are negative and cynical — they aren't much fun to be around. If you respond to every invitation with, "No thanks — I wouldn't have fun anyway," and answer questions about how your day was with a list of complaints, you're a naysayer. It's your negative, pessimistic attitude that makes you a naysayer. In the 1600s a nay-say was a "refusal," from the now less common use of nay to mean "no." WORD FAMILYnaysayer: naysayers USAGE EXAMPLESWith other A-listers, it’s all too common to be rebuffed by several layers of management, publicists and protective naysayers. The Guardian(Dec 29, 2016) It seems that our world as a result, is full of cynics and naysayers. New York Times(Jun 30, 2016) Instead of proving the naysayers wrong, Alabama looked like it would justify all the jokes. Wall Street Journal(Dec 20, 2016) n someone with an aggressively negative attitude Hypo|Hyper technophobe a person who dislikes or avoids new technology obstructer, obstructionist, obstructor, resister, thwarter someone who systematically obstructs some action that others want to take |
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