overpessimistic
Too darkly expectant
Overpessimistic means excessively inclined to expect the worst.
The prefix suggests pessimism beyond what circumstances warrant—seeing doom where caution might suffice: Her overpessimistic forecast scared off investors, but the company turned a modest profit.
The word implies the speaker thinks a more balanced view is possible.
Believing events are inevitable
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- resignedYielded to circumstances
- nihilisticRejecting meaningful existence
bleak · downhearted · negative · gloomy · dismal · discouraged · disheartened · despairing
Troubled by uncertainty
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- fearfulFull of fright
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
- nervousUneasy and apprehensive
uneasy · tense · catastrophizing · foreboding · troubled · alarmed · overwrought · panicky
Lacking faith in others
- skepticalInclined to question claims
- jadedDulled by overindulgence
- world-wearyFatigued by existence
- jaundicedBitter and distrustful
suspicious · mistrustful · doubting · disbelieving · untrusting · leery · paranoid · misanthropic
fatalistic
Believing events are inevitable
- hopelessBeyond possibility of success
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- resignedYielded to circumstances
nihilistic · bleak · downhearted · negative · gloomy · dismal · discouraged · disheartened · despairing · catastrophizing
worried
Troubled by uncertainty
- apprehensiveFearful of future events
- fearfulFull of fright
- fretfulAnxiously irritable
nervous · uneasy · tense · catastrophizing · foreboding · troubled · alarmed · overwrought · panicky · hand-wringing
distrustful
Lacking faith in others
- skepticalInclined to question claims
- jadedDulled by overindulgence
- world-wearyFatigued by existence
jaundiced · suspicious · mistrustful · doubting · disbelieving · untrusting · leery · paranoid · misanthropic · bitter
gloomy
Dark and dispiriting
downcast · heavy-hearted · brooding · forlorn · dejected · lugubrious · mournful · saturnine · glum · dispirited
overpessimisticoveroptimistic
Excessively positive in outlook
realistic · starry-eyed · rose-tinted · level-headed · balanced
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