Betekenis van:
pessimist
pessimist
Zelfstandig naamwoord
- iem. die geneigd is alles van de negatieve kant te zien
- a person who expects the worst
Hyperoniemen
Hyponiemen
Voorbeeldzinnen
- Schopenhauer was a ferocious pessimist.
- Don't be such a pessimist.
- The student is optimistic, but his advisor is a pessimist.
- I am by turns an optimist and a pessimist.
- Always borrow money from a pessimist; he doesn't expect to be paid back.
- There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist, except an old optimist.
- The optimist looks into a mirror and becomes more optimistic, the pessimist more pessimistic.