Pessimistic means always expecting things to turn out badly. A pessimistic outlook, pessimistic about the result, deeply pessimistic.
It takes about. It is a habit rather than a judgement about one case, which is why it describes a person more comfortably than a forecast. In planning, a pessimistic estimate is a deliberate technique and is usually the accurate one.
1adjectivepessimisticAlways expecting things to turn out badly.
“He's pessimistic about the exam and is sure he'll fail, even though he studied hard.”
pessimistic is a quality.
Also accepted in games: negative
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From pessimist + -ic. pessimist comes from French pessimiste, from pessimus + -ist.
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