<p><strong>Adjective</strong></p><ul><li>distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.</li><li>Antonyms: optimistic</li><li>showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others.</li><li>bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.</li><li>Antonyms: optimistic</li><li>(initial capital letter) Cynic (def 5).</li></ul>