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cynical
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  • It's not becoming to a child. It's—cynical.  (source)
    cynical = expecting the worst of people
  • The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.  (source)
    cynics = people who expect the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
  • Cynics' hearts weren't supposed to hurt.  (source)
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  • I know how cynical you are, and you're probably going to come up with some snarky reply when you read this, but the truth is, I'm chasing you because I really think I am falling in love with you.  (source)
    cynical = expecting the worst of people
  • He had fallen into a deep cynicism over what had crossed his path,  (source)
    cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
  • Back in her flat she reflected cynically on what she'd just said.†  (source)
  • I couldn't decide who was more annoying, the fanatic or the cynic.†  (source)
    cynic = someone who expects the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
  • Now instead of being a mere ail-ment, his condition becomes an indictment of parental misdeeds (a strong thematic statement in its own right) and, as we latter-day cynics can recognize, a coded reference to an entirely different pair of letters.†  (source)
    cynics = people who expect the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
  • And again, Flora's heart leaped up high inside of her in a hopeful and extremely uncynical kind of way.†  (source)
    uncynical = not expecting the worst of people
  • It was a cynical way of putting it, but it was true.†  (source)
  • Do you suppose this eternal shallow cynicism of yours has any real bearing on a nature like hers?  (source)
    cynicism = believing that things usually go poorly and that selfish and insincere
  • Grisha laughed cynically.†  (source)
  • the voice of the cynic whispered sardonically.†  (source)
    cynic = someone who expects the worst -- especially of people (such as expecting them to be selfish and lie)
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