cynical

  • 21cynical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. misanthropic, sneering, satirical, pessimistic, distrustful, sarcastic, cutting, disdainful, contemptuous, censorious; surly, snarling, captious. See contempt, disapprobation, malevolence.Ant.,… …

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  • 22cynical — adjective 1》 believing that people are motivated purely by self interest.     ↘sceptical.     ↘contemptuous; mocking. 2》 (of behaviour or actions) proceeding from a concern only with one s own interests, regardless of accepted standards: a… …

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  • 23cynical — adjective losing her job after fifteen years of loyal service had left her bitter and cynical Syn: skeptical, doubtful, distrustful, suspicious, disbelieving; pessimistic, negative, world weary, disillusioned, disenchanted, jaundiced, sardonic… …

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  • 24Cynical (song) — Cynical Single by Extreme from the album Waiting for the Punchline Released …

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  • 25Cynical Realism — is a contemporary movement in Chinese art, especially in the form of painting, that began in the 1990s. Beginning in Beijing, it has become the most popular Chinese modernist art movement in mainland China. It arose through the pursuit of… …

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  • 26Cynical realism — is a contemporary movement in Chinese art, especially in the form of painting, that began in the 1990s. Beginning in Beijing, it has become the most popular Chinese contemporary art movement in mainland China. It arose through the pursuit of… …

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  • 27Cynical Orange — 시니컬 오렌지 Genre Romance Author Yoon JiUn Publisher Seoul Cultural English publisher …

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  • 28Cynical Realism — (Popi) Art movement Popi is a colloquial expression whose original meaning is close to ‘bored’, ‘senseless’, ‘rogue’, ‘small ruffian’. The term also bears the reference to ‘dissipated’, ‘cynical’, ‘indifferent to everything’ and ‘jaded’. I first… …

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  • 29cynical — adjective a) of or related to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness. b) skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others …

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  • 30cynical — Synonyms and related words: Cassandra like, Cassandran, Cassandrian, Rabelaisian, Timonistic, antisocial, captious, carping, caustic, caviling, critical, defeatist, dismal, downbeat, dry, faultfinding, gloomy, hairsplitting, hypercritical, ironic …

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