pessimism

pessimism synonyms

gloom compare pessimism and gloom
hopelessness compare pessimism and hopelessness
despair compare pessimism and despair
despondency compare pessimism and despondency
dejection compare pessimism and dejection
depression compare pessimism and depression
gloominess compare pessimism and gloominess
melancholy compare pessimism and melancholy
low spirits compare pessimism and low spirits
sadness compare pessimism and sadness
unhappiness compare pessimism and unhappiness
misery compare pessimism and misery
discouragement compare pessimism and discouragement
defeatism compare pessimism and defeatism
downheartedness compare pessimism and downheartedness
cynicism compare pessimism and cynicism
dispiritedness compare pessimism and dispiritedness
sorrow compare pessimism and sorrow
woe compare pessimism and woe
the blues compare pessimism and the blues
doubt compare pessimism and doubt
negativity compare pessimism and negativity
melancholia compare pessimism and melancholia
wretchedness compare pessimism and wretchedness
disbelief compare pessimism and disbelief
distrust compare pessimism and distrust
glumness compare pessimism and glumness
distress compare pessimism and distress
desolation compare pessimism and desolation
heavy-heartedness compare pessimism and heavy-heartedness
negative thinking compare pessimism and negative thinking
skepticism compare pessimism and skepticism
the dumps compare pessimism and the dumps
disconsolateness compare pessimism and disconsolateness
forlornness compare pessimism and forlornness
dolefulness compare pessimism and dolefulness
doldrums compare pessimism and doldrums
moroseness compare pessimism and moroseness
Weltschmerz compare pessimism and Weltschmerz
anguish compare pessimism and anguish
apathy compare pessimism and apathy
disheartenment compare pessimism and disheartenment
grief compare pessimism and grief
disappointment compare pessimism and disappointment
the slough of despond compare pessimism and the slough of despond
world-weariness compare pessimism and world-weariness
the doldrums compare pessimism and the doldrums
suspicion compare pessimism and suspicion
resignedness compare pessimism and resignedness
weariness compare pessimism and weariness

pessimism definitions

noun

  • A general belief that bad things will happen. 

  • The condition of being pessimal. 

  • The doctrine that this world is the worst of all possible worlds.