as in cynic
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons those naysayers who attack the integrity of the entire judicial system

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Recent Examples of naysayer Naturally, naysayers didn’t like the look. Aamina Inayat Khan, StyleCaster, 3 Mar. 2025 As Sean Murphy, a caustic sports commentator, Glaser gets to play one of Isla's chief naysayers. EW.com, 1 Mar. 2025 Although the YouTuber was praised for sharing his unfettered thoughts on the device, naysayers expressed concern that his negative feedback could hurt a company trying to do something new in an otherwise increasingly stale tech ecosystem. Dimitar 'mix' Mihov, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025 And despite naysayers, the genre – and all its subgenres, from contemporary cowboy romance to dark romance with morally grey leads to STEMinist rom-coms – is only growing. Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 17 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for naysayer

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“Naysayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naysayer. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.

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