optimist

pessimistic

adjective
A pessimistic quarterly inflation report from the Bank of England was blamed for the fall of the share figures.

Examples of pessimist

pessimist
The story is told that there are two personalities among psychologists, optimists and pessimists, who see the glass as half full or half empty, respectively.
Admittedly, reform pessimists may still find support in the large majority of women who remained propertyless after the married women's property acts.
Why such a skeptic and pessimist should dedicate himself to a life of public service is hard to fathom.
Optimists assert that reforms are delivering freedom and prosperity, while pessimists are sceptical about the suitability and depth of recent liberalisations.
Among the authors are both optimists and pessimists.
Some people are optimists, whereas others are pessimists.
Although the above remarks may appeal to pessimists, this volume will offer further hope to optimists.
You can be in favour of the environment without being a pessimist.
There are ample other causes for alarmism for the dedicated pessimist as the century's end nears.
But one does not have to be much of a pessimist to observe that it looks eighty percent empty.
In other words, the pessimist could argue that the teaching of new concepts may be wasted on a learner because there is no apparent change.
The optimists emphasise the role of institutions, the pessimists that of culture.
Note that these researchers listed on the right side of the table provided formal arguments, not just an optimist's story set against a pessimist's saga.
As the ocean drilling programme winds down, and the enthusiasm for science declines, a pessimist might conclude that we will never discover what lies beneath.
Cultural pessimists have frequently criticized mass culture as a form of false consciousness or dismissed it as a pernicious escape from reality.
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