Other forms: pessimists
A pessimist is somebody who expects things to turn out badly. An incurable pessimist.
A pessimist is right more often and an optimist tries more things, which is the whole trade-off. The word was coined in the nineteenth century as the opposite of optimist.
1nounpessimistSomebody who expects things to turn out badly.
“The pessimist in the room asked the only useful question.”
pessimist is a person.
French pessimiste comes from Latin pessimus, worst, on the model of optimiste.
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English, today
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From French pessimiste, from pessimus + -ist.
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