CYNIC

CYNIC


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Word: cynic
Phonetic: /ˈsɪnɪk/
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A person who believes that all people are motivated by selfishness.
A person whose outlook is scornfully negative.
Cynical (in all senses)
Relating to the Dog Star. Example: the cynic, or Sothic, year; cynic cycle


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Ambrose Bierce
Antisthenes
Believer in disbelief
Bierce
Critic of the selfless
Diogenes
Disbeliever in selfless acts
Doubiting Thomas
Doubter
Doubting Thomas
Hard one to convince
Jaded figure
Jaded sort
Jaded type
Misanthrope
Motive questioner
Negative sort of person
Nonbeliever
One whose faulty vision sees things as they are
One of a group of Ancient Greek philosophers
One with a critical attitude
One with a jaundiced view
One with a negative outlook on life
Pessimist
Pessimistic person
Pessimistic sort
Pessimistic type
Sarcastic sort
Shes world-weary
Sincerity doubter
Skeptic
Skeptical one
Skeptical sort
Someone who is a tough sell
Sour sort
Suspicious sourpuss
Suspiciously skeptical sort
Word for Diogenes.
Misanthropic person.
Cousin of a misanthrope.
Pessimist's pal.
Believer in the worst.
Scoffer
Disbeliever.
One who expects the worst.
Defeatist's cousin.
Prophet of doom
Ambrose Bierce, notably
Diogenes, notably
Diogenes, for one
Yeah, right speaker
A man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin, per H. L. Mencken
One whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be, per Ambrose Bierce
One with a low view of human nature
One who believes the worst of people
Someone who believes the worst of others
Doubter of others' motives
One who questions the worth of anything
One critical of the motives of others
Sceptic
Hardbitten type fits into diplomacy nicely
Can you not imagine competent leaders? You're a pessimist!
One doubting part of policy Nicaraguan advocated
Fancy niche accommodation for sceptic
One who doubts an officer in total control is hoarding money pointlessly
Fancy name I see, but no supporter of Diogenes
He finds fault in fancy nicknames
Hardened soul starts to call your name, if confronted
Mordancy nicely defining one of her characteristics?
Sceptic close to army blocks top officer's rise
From fancy niche one takes a jaundiced view
Glass-half-empty type
Skeptical person
Someone who is always a tough sell
One who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing, per Oscar Wilde
Glass-half-empty sort
One whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be: Bierce
Firearm
Indeed, people in training will get recompense
Piece of furniture Erics damaged before suppressing anger
Roman playwright in time before on one occasion expressing love
She doubts motives shown when niceness follows intimacy
"Despondency" nicely encapsulates pessimist
One doubting value of pricy nick-nacks
Pessimist occasionally crying is melancholic at heart
Military leader around US city backing sceptical commentator
A bit of diplomacy? Nice, but I doubt your motives
Nay-sayer
Sceptic, non-idealist
Army boss, seizing US city, turning pessimistic
Habitual doubter
Sceptic clearly heartless and not quite nice
One who questions people's motives
Sceptic, fault-finding critic
One who scoffs as fashionable fancy man finally takes husbands place
Sceptic, fault-finding critic
Naysayer
One thinks the worst of everyone
One with a pessimistic view of human nature




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