What Is a 'pessimist'?

… A negative person right?

Answer #1

It is a person who expects that most things will have negative results, so I would say that you are right. It doesn’t mean that they are always negative, but if any given action has a possible bad outcome, a pessimist expects that outcome.

Answer #2

Yup. They always see and expect the worst.

Answer #3

Only looks at/considers/pojects hopelessness…the Dark side of Everthing…

Answer #4

‘Twixt optimist and pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist sees the hole.

Answer #5

some one who thinks/says the negative possibility for every situation or conversation that they are in

Answer #6

Somebody who only sees the bad/sad side of everything, a negative person. The opposite of an optimist.

Answer #7

A pessimist doesn’t always have to be a negative person. They just usually expect the worst out of any give situation. This can lead many people to have a very negative out look on life. But I have met some people that seem to be rather pessimistic, but are still happy people. When something good comes along, they are pleasantly surprised because they were expecting the worst.