pessimistic

pessimistic
/pes'euh mis"tik/, adj.
pertaining to or characterized by pessimism; gloomy: a pessimistic outlook.
[1865-70; PESSIMIST + -IC]
Syn. despairing, hopeless. See cynical.

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