| Main Entry: | cynicism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acrimony |
Synonyms: |
bitterness, distrust, doubt, misandry, misanthropy, pessimism, sarcasm |
| Main Entry: | negative attitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | bad attitude |
Synonyms: |
chip on one's shoulder, chip on one's shoulder, cynicism, defeatism, dim view, discouragement, expectation of the worst, gloomy outlook, hopelessness, lack of confidence, low spirits, negative thinking, negativism, pessimism |
| Main Entry: | pessimism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | belief in bad outcome |
Synonyms: |
cynicism, dark side, dejection, depression, despair, despondency, dim view, distrust, dyspepsia, expectation of worst, gloom, gloominess, gloomy outlook, glumness, grief, hopelessness, low spirits, melancholy, sadness, unhappiness |
Antonyms: |
confidence, optimism, trust |
| Main Entry: | resentment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hate, anger |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acrimony, animosity, animus, annoyance, antagonism, bad feeling, bitterness, choler, cynicism, displeasure, dudgeon, exacerbation, exasperation, fog, fury, grudge, huff, hurt, ill feeling, ill will, indignation, ire, irritation, malice, malignity, miff, offense, outrage, passion, perturbation, pique, rage, rancor, rise, spite, umbrage, vehemence, vexation, wrath |
Antonyms: |
affection, happiness, liking, love, pleasure |
| Main Entry: | sarcasm |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mocking remark |
Synonyms: |
acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordancy, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, wisecrack |
| Main Entry: | suspicion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | doubt |
Synonyms: |
bad vibes, chariness, conjecture, cynicism, distrust, dubiety, dubiosity, funny feeling, guess, guesswork, gut feeling, hunch, idea, impression, incertitude, incredulity, jealousy, lack of confidence, misgiving, mistrust, nonbelief, notion, qualm, skepticism, sneaking suspicion, supposition, surmise, uncertainty, wariness, wonder |
Antonyms: |
trust |
| Main Entry: | petulance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peevishness |
Synonyms: |
bitterness, cynicism, ill-humor, irritability |
| Main Entry: | sneering |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | derision |
Synonyms: |
cynicism, irony, sarcasm |
| Main Entry: | mordacity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticity, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordancy, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, trenchancy, wisecrack |
| Main Entry: | mordancy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sarcasm |
Synonyms: |
acerbity, acidity, acridity, acrimony, aspersion, banter, bitterness, burlesque, causticity, causticness, censure, comeback, contempt, corrosiveness, criticism, cut*, cynicism, derision, dig*, disparagement, flouting, invective, irony, lampooning, mockery, mordacity, put-down, raillery, rancor, ridicule, satire, scoffing, scorn, sharpness, sneering, superciliousness, trenchancy, wisecrack |
