How to Use pessimistic in a Sentence

pessimistic

adjective

• The film gives a very pessimistic view of human nature.
• Most doctors were pessimistic that a cure could be found.
• He has an extremely negative and pessimistic attitude.
• The pessimistic view is that the blowups are still to come.
  — James MacKintosh, WSJ, 29 May 2022
• But the way Seth sees it, Chalmers was overly pessimistic.
  — Quanta Magazine, 30 Sep. 2021
• Hannah Arendt: But Jean, that’s a rather pessimistic view.
  — WIRED, 24 Mar. 2023
• Consumers are also pessimistic about the chances of rent prices falling in the next year.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 15 Mar. 2022
• Yet its citizens are as pessimistic as any in the West.
  — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
• In June their forecast got lowered to 4.1%, and maybe that is still too pessimistic.
  — WSJ, 7 July 2023
• Some take an overtly pessimistic view of Banksy’s new work.
  — Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 8 Aug. 2024
• And Goldman’s numbers aren’t the most pessimistic out there.
  — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 22 June 2022
• Black voters are the most pessimistic, with 77% feeling that way.
  — Erika D. Smithcolumnist, Los Angeles Times, 16 Nov. 2022
• Most are pessimistic about the prospect of meaningful change.
  — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 14 Aug. 2024
• The depth of the division has made some of those close to the family pessimistic about any way back into the fold.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 11 Jan. 2023
• Polling showed voters were deeply pessimistic about the state of the economy and the direction of the nation.
  — Steve Peoples, ajc, 10 Nov. 2022
• The reason Democrats have closed the gap a bit in some polling is that voters are a bit less pessimistic about the economy.
  — Kyle Morris, Fox News, 11 Sep. 2022
• And Americans are in a pretty pessimistic point of view.
  — NBC News, 29 Jan. 2023
• But the more pessimistic projections of Alabama’s 2021 team got a good squeeze in the first week.
  — Christopher Smith, al, 6 Sep. 2021
• Now the raw stuff is OK, but there are a lot of reasons to be pessimistic about Jax moving forward.
  — Tony Blengino, Forbes, 4 Jan. 2022
• That’s because the electorate is a lot more pessimistic today.
  — Craig Gilbert, Journal Sentinel, 7 Sep. 2022
• People are very pessimistic about the state of economy.
  — ABC News, 12 Mar. 2023
• And, in fairness, the mayor decided to take a much more pessimistic view than some.
  — Al Sharpton, New York Daily News, 2 July 2024
• Still, not everyone is so pessimistic about the future of tech shares.
  — Will Daniel, Fortune, 22 May 2022
• Ian Bogost and Charlie Warzel, two of my favorite writers in the tech space, are a bit more pessimistic.
  — Jeremy Anderberg, Longreads, 12 July 2023
• Neil Young was never more paranoid or pessimistic than with 1974’s On the Beach—for good reason.
  — Elizabeth Nelson, The Atlantic, 31 July 2024
• The slow progress has led to some pessimistic assessments of the counteroffensive's prospects.
  — Guy Davies, ABC News, 3 July 2023
• Officials said there is still time to avert a strike, but some were growing pessimistic.
  — Howard Blume, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
• Ito, the 25-year-old consultant in Tokyo, is pessimistic about Japan's future.
  — Sophie Jeong, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
• But our analysis shows that there are more reasons to be optimistic than pessimistic about the state of the polls in 2024.
  — Mary Radcliffe, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2024
• Are Danes predisposed to pessimistic thinking about where we’re headed?
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 28 Nov 2024