different between cynical vs doubting
cynical
English
Etymology
Originated 1580–90 from cynic +? -al.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?n?k?l/
- Homophone: sinical
Adjective
cynical (comparative more cynical, superlative most cynical)
- Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
- Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
- Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
- He seldom talked, and when he did, it was usually to make some cynical remark-for instance, he would say that God had given him a tail to keep the flies off, but that he would sooner have had no tail and no flies.
- Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
- When he, at Neergard's cynical suggestion, had consented to exploit his own club […] and had consented to resign from it to do so, he had every reason to believe that Neergard meant to either mulct them heavily or buy them out. In either case, having been useful to Neergard, his profits from the transaction would have been considerable.
- (medicine, rare) Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.
Translations
References
- “cynical”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, ?ISBN
- “cynical” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
- "cynical" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.
- cynical at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- calycin
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doubting
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?da?t??/
Verb
doubting
- present participle of doubt
Noun
doubting (plural doubtings)
- A condition of doubt.
- 1902, Thomas Hardy, In Tenebris I:
- Black is night's cope;
But death will not appal
One who, past doubtings all
Waits in unhope.
- Black is night's cope;
- 1902, Thomas Hardy, In Tenebris I:
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