cynical

Meanings

Adjective Satellite

• believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others

Adj

• Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
• Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
• Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
• Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
• Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.

Synonyms

misanthropic, misanthropical