pessimism // noun [U] pessimism (about/for/over sth)

a feeling that bad things will happen and that sth will not be successful; the tendency to have this feeling:

There is a mood of pessimism in the company about future job prospects.

OPP OPTIMISM

❖ business/economic/investor/market pessimism

◆ growing/increasing/widespread pessimism

◆ a mood/sense of pessimism

pessimist noun [C]

pessimistic // adjective

pessimistically adverb

• conservator
• consign
• consignee
• consignment
• consignment note
• consignment store
• consignor
• consistency concept
• console
• consolidate
• consolidation
• consolidator
• Consols
• consortium
• conspicuous consumption
• constituent
• constitute
• constitution
• constitutional
• constraint
• construct
• construction
• constructive
• constructive dismissal
• consul