Usually means: Expects the worst, often negative.
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  1. pessimist: Merriam-Webster.com
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  3. pessimist: Collins English Dictionary
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  6. pessimist: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  8. pessimist: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  11. pessimist: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  12. Pessimist: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  14. pessimist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  15. pessimist: Rhymezone
  16. Pessimist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  17. pessimist: Free Dictionary
  18. pessimist: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  20. Pessimist: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

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noun:  Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.

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