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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cyn•i•cal (sin′i kəl),USA pronunciation adj. - like or characteristic of a cynic;
distrusting or disparaging the motives of others. - showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, esp. by actions that exploit the scruples of others.
- bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.
- Philosophy(cap.) cynic (def. 5).
cyn′i•cal•ly, adv. cyn′i•cal•ness, n. - 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Cynical, pessimistic, sarcastic, satirical imply holding a low opinion of humanity. Cynical suggests a disbelief in the sincerity of human motives:cynical about honesty.Pessimistic implies a more or less habitual disposition to look on the dark side of things, and to believe that the worst will happen:pessimistic as to the future.Sarcastic refers to sneering or making cutting jibes:sarcastic about a profession of faith.Satirical suggests expressing scorn or ridicule by saying the opposite of what one means:a satirical attack on his political promises.
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged optimistic.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: cynical /ˈsɪnɪkəl/ adj - distrustful or contemptuous of virtue, esp selflessness in others; believing the worst of others, esp that all acts are selfish
- sarcastic; mocking
- showing contempt for accepted standards of behaviour, esp of honesty or morality
ˈcynically adv ˈcynicalness n cyn•ic /ˈsɪnɪk/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who believes that only selfishness is the cause of all human actions:a cynic who never understood anyone's charity toward another.
- a person who shows or expresses a bitterly negative attitude, as by making hateful remarks about others.
cyn•i•cal, adj. cyn•i•cism /ˈsɪnɪˌsɪzəm/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024cyn•ic (sin′ik),USA pronunciation n. - a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.
- Philosophy(cap.) one of a sect of Greek philosophers, 4th century b.c., who advocated the doctrines that virtue is the only good, that the essence of virtue is self-control, and that surrender to any external influence is beneath human dignity.
- a person who shows or expresses a bitterly or sneeringly cynical attitude.
adj. - cynical.
- Philosophy(cap.) Also, Cynical. of or pertaining to the Cynics or their doctrines.
- Medicineresembling the actions of a snarling dog.
- Greek Kynikós Cynic, literally, doglike, currish, equivalent. to kyn- (stem of kýōn) dog + -ikos - ic
- Latin Cynicus
- 1540–50
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged skeptic, pessimist, misanthrope.
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