Vocabulary
Cynic
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honourable or unselfish reasons.
Urdu meaning
ناقد، کلبیت، ترش رو،طعنہ زن
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- One could almost hear the echo of an earlier French cynic: `What if they have no milk; let them wear Pampers!` The wnter is an author.
- Is this not a prospect to move the most hardened cynic?
- Reading the above, a cynic might bluster: `What`s the point being healthy or not so healthy or even sick?
- All of us are going to ultimately die.` A realist optimist sitting close by would retort by pinching the cynic hard and saying `my friend, pain or no pain depends on the choices we make, let us go get a healthy lunch!
- Another is the cynic`s way, the one Hafeez Shaikh preferred.
Synonyms
sceptic, doubter, doubting Thomas, scoffer; pessimist, prophet of doom,
Antonyms
idealist, optimist
Curator example
“some cynics thought that the controversy was all a publicity stunt”
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