All optimistic antonyms
op·ti·mis·tic
O o adj optimistic
- dejected — If you are dejected, you feel miserable or unhappy, especially because you have just been disappointed by something.
- depressed — If you are depressed, you are sad and feel that you cannot enjoy anything, because your situation is so difficult and unpleasant.
- doubtful — of uncertain outcome or result.
- gloomy — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- hopeless — providing no hope; beyond optimism or hope; desperate: a hopeless case of cancer.
- pessimistic — pertaining to or characterized by pessimism or the tendency to expect only bad outcomes; gloomy; joyless; unhopeful: His pessimistic outlook kept him from applying for jobs for which he was perfectly qualified.
- sorrowful — full of or feeling sorrow; grieved; sad.