Synonyms for Pessimistically:

• adv.

  •all (adverb)
  • pessimistically.
  •hopelessly (adverb)
  • gloomily,
  • darkly,
  • forlornly,
  • desolately,
  • morosely,
  • sadly,
  • melancholically,
  • dispiritedly,
  • bleakly,
  • downheartedly,
  • cheerlessly,
  • spiritlessly,
  • desperately,
  • glumly,
  • disconsolately,
  • despondently,
  • miserably,
  • cynically,
  • emptily,
  • despairingly,
  • dismally,
  • dejectedly.

• Other synonyms:

  •adv
  • hopelessly.

Antonyms for Pessimistically:

• adv.

  • all
    optimistically.
  • hopelessly
    expectantly, hopefully, confidently.

Pessimistically Sentence Examples:

• Whenever the officials with whom we talked heard that we were going to Fiume, they shook their heads pessimistically.

• At first Mr. Henderson would give no ear to these appeals, but shook his head pessimistically.