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cynic

/sin-ik/US // ˈsɪn ɪk //UK // (ˈsɪnɪk) //

犬儒主义者,犬儒主义,愤青,愤世嫉俗者

Related Words

skeptic怀疑论者,怀疑者,怀疑主义者,怀疑派doubter怀疑者,怀疑论者,疑问者,质疑者pessimist悲观主义者,悲观者,悲观主义,消极主义者detractor排斥者,旁观者,反对者unbeliever未信者,不信者,非信徒,不信教者questioner提问者,询问者,质询者,质问者misanthropist厌世者,厌世的人,愤世嫉俗者,愤世嫉俗的人caviler穴居人,穴居者,蛀虫,穴居士misanthrope厌世者,厌世的人,厌世之人,厌世之徒carper珀尔,珀,珀斯,珀子egoist自负的人,利己主义者,自负者,自大狂misogynist厌女症患者,厌女症,女权主义者,厌恶者egotist自负的人,利己主义者,自负者,自大狂sneerer打喷嚏的人,打喷嚏者,喷嚏者,打嚏的人misogamist误入歧途者,误入歧途的人,调皮捣蛋鬼,调皮捣蛋者disbeliever不信者,不信教者,不相信的人,不信教的人mocker嘲讽者,嘲弄者,嘲笑者,讥讽者scoffer嘲笑者,嘲弄者,嘲讽者,嘲讽flouter楞头青,楞头小子,楞头人,楞头satirist讽刺者,讽刺作家,讽刺家,讽刺学家

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : a person who believes that only selfishness motivates human actions and who disbelieves in or minimizes selfless acts or disinterested points of view.
    • : one of a sect of Greek philosophers, 4th century b.c., who advocated the doctrines that virtue is the only good, that the essence of virtue is self-control, and that surrender to any external influence is beneath human dignity.
    • : a person who shows or expresses a bitterly or sneeringly cynical attitude.
adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : cynical.
    • : Also Cynical. of or relating to the Cynics or their doctrines.
    • : Medicine/Medical Now Rare. resembling the actions of a snarling dog.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounnonbeliever
Synonyms
detractor排斥者,旁观者,反对者doubter怀疑者,怀疑论者,疑问者,质疑者pessimist悲观主义者,悲观者,悲观主义,消极主义者skeptic怀疑论者,怀疑者,怀疑主义者,怀疑派carper珀尔,珀,珀斯,珀子caviler穴居人,穴居者,蛀虫,穴居士disbeliever不信者,不信教者,不相信的人,不信教的人egoist自负的人,利己主义者,自负者,自大狂egotist自负的人,利己主义者,自负者,自大狂flouter楞头青,楞头小子,楞头人,楞头misanthrope厌世者,厌世的人,厌世之人,厌世之徒misanthropist厌世者,厌世的人,愤世嫉俗者,愤世嫉俗的人misogamist误入歧途者,误入歧途的人,调皮捣蛋鬼,调皮捣蛋者misogynist厌女症患者,厌女症,女权主义者,厌恶者mocker嘲讽者,嘲弄者,嘲笑者,讥讽者questioner提问者,询问者,质询者,质问者satirist讽刺者,讽刺作家,讽刺家,讽刺学家scoffer嘲笑者,嘲弄者,嘲讽者,嘲讽sneerer打喷嚏的人,打喷嚏者,喷嚏者,打嚏的人unbeliever未信者,不信者,非信徒,不信教者doubting thomas怀疑的托马斯,疑惑的托马斯,疑问的托马斯,怀疑托马斯

Examples

  • In Wilde’s day, the cynic and sentimentalist characters made for good theater.

  • The cynics, meanwhile, shorted GME to heights rarely seen in the past decade—to well north of 100% of the stock’s total float.

  • A cynic would say this is a way for the company to drive product adoption until it has a large, installed base of users.

  • The world, unfortunately, or some people—cynics—the cynical blogosphere at least—still sees fitness equipment as rote weight loss.

  • A cynic might wonder if the police were telling the whole truth.

  • You, dear reader and refusenik, will likely be called a cynic or a sad sack by friends.

  • A cynic might say that the report is like the movie Clue, perfectly set up for a multiplicity of endings.

  • Though he made it back to the top by dint of talent and hard work, he remained a deep-dyed cynic for the rest of his life.

  • Putin, after all, is not the only cynic on center stage in the Ukraine crisis.

  • Likely, Harold would have accepted the short shrift with his usual cynic's grace.

  • A cynic was Blondet, with little regard for glory undefiled.

  • Could I have been led to believe that the vile mockery of the cynic was applicable to one in my forlorn and desperate situation?

  • I've met him; he's a bad-tempered hypochondriac, a cynic at heart, and a man whose word is never doubted.

  • The word cynic, too, comes from the name given to certain Greek philosophers who despised pleasure.

  • Suppose he is a cynic, it is to his interest to govern well.

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