defeatist
adjective /dɪˈfiː.tɪst/
/-t̬ɪst/ disapprovingDefinition
› having no hope and expecting to fail: Being defeatist will get us nowhere. He's got such a defeatist attitude.Not hopeful defeatist noun [C] › I can't believe it - you're such a defeatist!Not hopeful
(Definition of defeatist adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- be in a funk idiom
- be on a hiding to nothing idiom
- bleak adjective
- dejected adjective
- despair verb
- dim adjective (NOT POSITIVE)
- dismal adjective
- downcast adjective (UNHAPPY)
- forlorn adjective (UNLIKELY TO SUCCEED)
- gloom noun (WITHOUT HOPE)
- gloomy adjective (WITHOUT HOPE)
- glum adjective
- grim adjective (WITHOUT HOPE)
- hopeless adjective
- hopelessly adverb
- not give much for sb's chances idiom
- not have a hope in hell idiom
- pessimism noun
- pessimistic adjective
- prophet of doom idiom
Topic:
Not hopeful
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