cynical

kuşkucu, sinik

İnsanların başkalarına yardım etmekten çok kendi çıkarları için hareket ettiğine inanan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Believing people do things mainly for their own benefit, rather than to help others.

• I am cynical about his motives.
• Voters became cynical after another broken promise.
• Her cynical view was that every donation bought influence.

Nasıl kullanılır: cynical about someone/something (She is cynical about politicians and their promises.)

Eş anlamlılar: distrustful, skeptical

Zıt anlamlılar: trusting

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cynical about something, cynical view, cynical belief

karamsar, alaycı

Kötü şeyler bekleyen ve hayat hakkında olumsuz, alaycı konuşmaya eğilimli olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Expecting bad things and tending to speak about life in a negative way.

• He has a cynical outlook.
• Years of disappointment made her cynical.
• His cynical jokes made the whole evening feel miserable.

Eş anlamlılar: negative, pessimistic, jaded

Zıt anlamlılar: optimistic

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: cynical attitude, cynical outlook, cynical remark