Word
Cynical
How many syllables?
3 Syllables
How it's divided?
cyn-i-cal
Definition
- a. - Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious;
currish.
- a. - Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic,
year; cynic cycle.
- a. - Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics;
having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the
doctrines of the cynics.
- a. - Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by
moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes
which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or
self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of
integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human
nature.
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