Meaning

3 senses
  1. Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.

    a pessimistic view of the future

    pessimistisch

    пессимисти́чныйpessimistíčnyj

    песимісти́чнийpesymistýčnyj

    expecting the worst possible outcome

  2. Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.

    a pessimistic estimate

    pessimistisch

    пессимисти́чныйpessimistíčnyj

  3. Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.

    pessimistic concurrency; pessimistic locking

Examples

189 sentences
  1. Sick people tend to be pessimistic.

    Хворі люди, як правило - песимісти.

    ruБольные люди склонны к пессимизму.

    deKranke Leute neigen zu Pessimismus.

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  2. Tom told me that he's pessimistic.

    Том сказав мені, що він налаштований песимістично.

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  3. Why is Tom always so pessimistic?

    Чому Том завжди такий песимістичний?

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  4. Tom said that Mary is pessimistic.

    Том сказав, що Мері песимістка.

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  5. Try not to be so pessimistic.

    Спробуй не бути таким песимістом.

    ruПостарайся не быть таким пессимистом.

    deSei doch nicht so pessimistisch!

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
marked by pessimism and little hopefulness:
Русский
By meaning 1
marked by pessimism and little hopefulness:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
marked by pessimism and little hopefulness:

Forms

more pessimistic, most pessimistic
Comparativemore pessimistic Lesson
Superlativemost pessimistic Lesson

regular

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

11 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • always so pessimistic
  • be so pessimistic
  • to be pessimistic
  • pessimistic but

See also

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