pessimist
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 13
- Words With Friends
- 15
- Letters
- 9
/ˈpɛsɪmɪst/
Definition of pessimist
1 sense · 1 part of speech · etymology included
noun
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Someone who habitually expects the worst outcome; one who looks on the dark side of things.
“I will not marry a pessimist, a born loser, a fellow who has no fight in him.”
“We are becoming as a nation, as a world, indeed, atom-conscious. Many of us are already afflicted with atomphobia, though so far it has manifested itself only in a mirage of autoaeromotive discs and a war of words between chronic optimists and empirical pessimists concerning civilization’s probable future.”
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Etymology
From French pessimiste, from Latin pessimus (“worst”) + -ist.
Words you can make from pessimist
134 playable · top: MISSTEPS (12 pts)
Best play missteps 12 points8-letter words
2 words7-letter words
6 words6-letter words
15 words5-letter words
32 words- IMPIS 9 pts
- SIMPS 9 pts
- TEMPI 9 pts
- TEMPS 9 pts
- EMITS 7 pts
- ITEMS 7 pts
- METIS 7 pts
- MISES 7 pts
- MISTS 7 pts
- MITES 7 pts
- MITIS 7 pts
- PESTS 7 pts
- PISTE 7 pts
- SEISM 7 pts
- SEMIS 7 pts
- SEPTS 7 pts
- SIPES 7 pts
- SMITE 7 pts
- SPIES 7 pts
- SPITE 7 pts
- SPITS 7 pts
- STEMS 7 pts
- STEPS 7 pts
- STIME 7 pts
- STIMS 7 pts
- STIPE 7 pts
- TIMES 7 pts
- TIPIS 7 pts
- ISSEI 5 pts
- SISES 5 pts
- SITES 5 pts
- STIES 5 pts
4-letter words
40 words- IMPI 8 pts
- IMPS 8 pts
- MIPS 8 pts
- SIMP 8 pts
- TEMP 8 pts
- EMIT 6 pts
- ISMS 6 pts
- ITEM 6 pts
- MESS 6 pts
- MISE 6 pts
- MISS 6 pts
- MIST 6 pts
- MITE 6 pts
- PEST 6 pts
- PETS 6 pts
- PIES 6 pts
- PISS 6 pts
- PITS 6 pts
- PSIS 6 pts
- PSST 6 pts
- SEMI 6 pts
- SEPS 6 pts
- SEPT 6 pts
- SIMS 6 pts
- SIPE 6 pts
- SIPS 6 pts
- SMIT 6 pts
- SPIT 6 pts
- STEM 6 pts
- STEP 6 pts
- STIM 6 pts
- TIME 6 pts
- TIPI 6 pts
- TIPS 6 pts
- ESTS 4 pts
- SEIS 4 pts
- SETS 4 pts
- SITE 4 pts
- SITS 4 pts
- TIES 4 pts
3-letter words
26 words2-letter words
12 wordsHooks
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