| Pessimistic (a.) Of or pertaining to pessimism; characterized by pessimism; gloomy; foreboding. Thesaurus Entries Cassandra-like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, bleak, blue, bowed-down, cast down, cheerless, cynical, dashed, defeatist, dejected, depressed, despairing, despondent, desponding, discouraged, disheartened, dismal, dispirited, down, downbeat, downcast, downhearted, drooping, droopy, feeling low, forlorn, gloomy, glum, heartless, hopeless, hypochondriac, hypochondriacal, in low spirits, in the depths, in the doldrums, in the dumps, inauspicious, joyless, languishing, low, low-spirited, melancholy, negative, negativistic, nihilistic, pessimist, pining, sad, spiritless, subdued, suicidal, uncheerful, unhappy, weary of life, woebegone, world-weary |