pessimistically
With dark outlook
In a pessimistic manner—expecting the worst outcome or dwelling on negative possibilities.
Someone who speaks pessimistically assumes things will go badly: He pessimistically predicted the project would fail.
The word often signals that the speaker considers such gloom unwarranted or excessive.
With distrust of sincerity
- fatalisticallyWith inevitable-outcome acceptance
- nihilisticallyDenying inherent meaning
- defeatistOne expecting inevitable failure
- hopelesslyWithout any expectation
bleakly · gloomily · negatively · darkly · grimly · despondently · dejectedly · morosely
Anticipating with apprehension
- fearingFeeling dread toward
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
- catastrophizingImagining worst-case outcomes
worrying · fretting · apprehensively · anxiously · nervously
Showing something unworthy of consideration
- disparaginglyIn a belittling manner
- criticallyWith serious judgment
- disapprovinglyExpressing negative judgment
- unfavorablyIn a critical manner
harshly · negatively · scornfully · contemptuously · derisively · doubtingly · mistrustfully · suspiciously
cynically
With distrust of sincerity
- fatalisticallyWith inevitable-outcome acceptance
- nihilisticallyDenying inherent meaning
- defeatistOne expecting inevitable failure
hopelessly · bleakly · gloomily · negatively · darkly · grimly · despondently · dejectedly · morosely · dismally
dreading
Anticipating with apprehension
- fearingFeeling dread toward
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
- bracingRefreshingly keen or stimulating
catastrophizing · worrying · fretting · apprehensively · anxiously · nervously
dismissively
Showing something unworthy of consideration
- disparaginglyIn a belittling manner
- criticallyWith serious judgment
- disapprovinglyExpressing negative judgment
unfavorably · harshly · negatively · scornfully · contemptuously · derisively · doubtingly · mistrustfully · suspiciously · warily
pessimisticallyoptimistically
With positive expectations
hopefully · sanguinely · expectantly · confidently · rosily
pessimisticallycheerfully
In a glad manner
brightly · buoyantly · sunnily · enthusiastically · hopefully
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