| 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: | discouragement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | despondency |
Synonyms: |
cold feet, dejection, depression, despair, disappointment, discomfiture, dismay, downheartedness, hopelessness, loss of confidence, low spirits, melancholy, pessimism, sadness, the blues |
Antonyms: |
cheerfulness, happiness, hopefulness |
| Main Entry: | gloom |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | melancholy, depression |
Synonyms: |
anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolor, downheartedness, dullness, dumps, foreboding, grief, heaviness, heavy-heartedness, horror, low spirits, malaise, misery, misgiving, mopes, morbidity, mourning, oppression, pensiveness, pessimism, sadness, saturninity, sorrow, unhappiness, vexation, weariness, woe |
Antonyms: |
animation, cheer, contentedness, encouragement, happiness, joy, sparkle, vivaciousness |
| 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: | cynicism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | acrimony |
Synonyms: |
bitterness, distrust, doubt, misandry, misanthropy, pessimism, sarcasm |
| Main Entry: | death wish |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | desire to die |
Synonyms: |
black despondency, death instinct, gloom and doom, pessimism, self-destructive urge, suicidal despair |
| Main Entry: | mournfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gloom |
Synonyms: |
anguish, bitterness, blue devils, blue funk, blues, catatonia, chagrin, cheerlessness, dejection, depression, desolation, despair, despondence, despondency, disconsolateness, discouragement, dismals, distress, doldrums, dolefulness, dolor, downheartedness, dullness, dumps, dysphoria, foreboding, funk, glumness, grief, heaviness, heavy-heartedness, horror, low spirits, malaise, melancholy, misery, misgiving, mope, mopes, morbidity, mourning, oppression, pensiveness, pessimism, sadness, saturninity, sorrow, unhappiness, vexation, weariness, woe |