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The experience made her overly cynical.cynical = someone who expects the worst
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She is cynical and unhappy.cynical = expects people to be selfish
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...if you cannot find a way to aid progress in human affairs, then know that the smirking cynicism of the sideline critic is a form of plague -- and to be one of those is to be a carrier of death instead of a preserver of life. (source)
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It's not becoming to a child. It's—cynical. (source)cynical = expecting the worst of people
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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)
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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
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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
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Back in her flat she reflected cynically on what she'd just said.† (source)
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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)
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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)
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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
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It was a cynical way of putting it, but it was true.† (source)
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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
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Grisha laughed cynically.† (source)
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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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