pessimistic
Meanings
Adjective
- expecting the worst possible outcome
Adj
- Marked by pessimism and little hopefulness; expecting the worst.
- Pertaining to the worst-case scenario.
- Taking out exclusive locks on data to prevent conflicts with other processes that might modify it.
Origin / Etymology
From pessimist + -ic.
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 17
pessimistic is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordpessimistic is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
pessimistic is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 20
pessimistic is a valid Words With Friends word