Synonym: cheerless, cynical, gloomy, joyless, unhappy. Antonym: optimistic. Similar words: optimistic, armistice, euphemistic, euphemistically, dissimilar, assimilate, dissimilarity, assist in. Meaning: ['pesɪ'mɪstɪk] 
adj. expecting the worst in this worst of all possible worlds.
adj. expecting the worst in this worst of all possible worlds. 
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121. However, for entity beans this rule has to be relaxed; due to the nature of the model, most pessimistic locking access intents require at least Repeatable Read.
122. Yet as we evaluate ourselves and our actions, each day each of us has the opportunity to look forward or to look backward, to be optimistic or to be pessimistic.
123. Woody, the pen-and-ink protagonist, was angst-ridden, flawed, fearful, insecure, inadequate, pessimistic, urban, single, lustful, rejected by women.
124. You know, cause I had always been a morose and pessimistic guy.
125. Some analysts are less pessimistic about the prospects for solar panel manufacturers in the West.
126. However, whenever I see the confident faces of these young Chinese diplomats, I know that there is no reason for me to be pessimistic about the development of Sino-German relations.
127. Pessimistic concurrency locks data during update so that other users are not in danger of committing incompatible data changes.
128. On the latter, it is an irony of intellectual history that Thomas Malthus, prophet of overpopulation, worried about the lack of resources just as these pessimistic assumptions became untrue.
129. When the generality of the electorate is doing badly, the mood will grow pessimistic.
130. Negative number means that the pessimistic business optimism over number of enterprises.
131. Developers can use pessimistic locking but they will need to define the lock manager using EntityManager's lock() or find() methods.
132. Ample evidence also shows that children who are frequently abused by their parents or teachers tend to be introverted, pessimistic,(www.Sentencedict.com) indifferent and even world-weary.
133. Most telecommunications systems use pessimistic message logging approach as basic software fault tolerant means.
134. What is the enemies of youth? Obstinate minds, fashionable friends, depraved habits and pessimistic thoughts.
135. Sometime they can be pessimistic which is caused by their dualistic nature.
136. The pessimistic view that wall street gives out thinks even: Partial reason depends on AOL namely to times Wanner character, its vendibility is almost 0.
137. This pessimistic mass society thesis stressed the conservative and reconciliatory role of mass culture for the audience.
More similar words: optimistic, armistice, euphemistic, euphemistically, dissimilar, assimilate, dissimilarity, assist in, eristic, sadistic, artistic, ballistic, distressing, realistic, statistic, egotistical, cabalistic, monotheistic, statistics, altruistic, linguistic, ritualistic, polytheistic, statistical, sophisticated, materialistic, unsophisticated, characteristic, device characteristic, simile.