Synonyms for Pessimism:

• n.

  •
  • malism.
  •cynicism (noun)
  • doubt,
  • sarcasm.
  •death wish (noun)
  • death instinct,
  • suicidal despair,
  • self-destructive urge,
  • gloom and doom,
  • black despondency.
  •discouragement (noun)
  • cold feet,
  • downheartedness,
  • dismay,
  • discomfiture,
  • disappointment.
  •expectation (noun)
  • contemplation,
  • fear,
  • uncertainty,
  • worriment,
  • expectation,
  • dread,
  • foreboding,
  • anxiety,
  • presumption,
  • apprehensiveness,
  • apprehension,
  • anticipation,
  • suspense,
  • envisioning,
  • expectancy.
  •gloom (noun)
  • desolation,
  • distress,
  • malaise,
  • weariness,
  • blues,
  • dolor,
  • chagrin,
  • woe,
  • blue devils,
  • blue funk,
  • misery,
  • mourning,
  • misgiving,
  • sorrow,
  • horror,
  • oppression,
  • dumps,
  • doldrums,
  • anguish,
  • mopes,
  • heavy-heartedness,
  • vexation,
  • dullness,
  • bitterness.
  •hopelessness (noun)
  • glumness,
  • moroseness,
  • heartlessness,
  • negativity,
  • hopelessness,
  • depression,
  • melancholy,
  • spiritlessness,
  • bleakness,
  • despondency,
  • disheartenment,
  • desperation,
  • dejection,
  • abandonment,
  • gloominess,
  • despair,
  • forlornness,
  • dispiritedness.
  •mournfulness (noun)
  • despondence,
  • mope,
  • funk,
  • dysphoria,
  • dolefulness.
  •negative attitude (noun)
  • chip on one's shoulder.
  •Other relevant words: (noun)
  • lack of confidence,
  • the blue,
  • disconsolateness,
  • gloomy outlook,
  • cynicism,
  • pensiveness,
  • discouragement,
  • death wish,
  • saturninity,
  • the blues,
  • misandry,
  • mournfulness,
  • negative thinking,
  • expectation of the worst,
  • gloom,
  • heavyheartedness,
  • morbidity,
  • dismals,
  • low spirits,
  • misanthropy,
  • expectation of worst,
  • cheerlessness,
  • negativism,
  • negative attitude,
  • catatonia,
  • heaviness,
  • pessimism,
  • loss of confidence,
  • defeatism,
  • Morbidities,
  • dim view.

• v.

  •doubt (verb)
  • nihilism,
  • lack of expectation,
  • unhappiness,
  • grief,
  • sadness,
  • blighted hope.

• Other synonyms:

  •gloominess
  • darkness.
  •Other relevant words (noun):
  • overestimation,
  • modesty,
  • pessimistic,
  • Atomism,
  • philosophy,
  • megrims,
  • dyspepsia,
  • anxiousness,
  • distrust,
  • sad,
  • disposition,
  • underestimation,
  • hypochondriasis,
  • cynical,
  • melancholia,
  • cliff-hanging,
  • vapors,
  • lowness,
  • spleen,
  • il penseroso,
  • vanity,
  • Lachrymals,
  • trepidation,
  • uncheerfulness,
  • taedium vitae,
  • temperament,
  • depreciation,
  • dark side,
  • suspicion,
  • pessimist,
  • downer,
  • horrors,
  • mumps,
  • down trip,
  • dejectedness,
  • detraction,
  • gloomy,
  • Downcastness,
  • waiting,
  • wretchedness,
  • blank despondency,
  • lack of enthusiasm,
  • Dismalness,
  • exaggeration,
  • undervaluing.

Paraphrases for Pessimism:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    gloom, pessimist.

Antonyms for Pessimism:

• n.

  • attribute
    optimism.
  • discouragement
    happiness, cheerfulness, hopefulness.
  • gloom
    cheer, joy, vivaciousness, sparkle, encouragement, animation, contentedness.
  • pessimism
    confidence, trust.

Hypernym for Pessimism:

• n.

  • feeling
    cynicism.

Hyponym for Pessimism:

• n.

  • attribute
    disposition, temperament.
  • feeling
    despair.