Vocabulary Word
Word: cynical
Definition: skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
Definition: skeptical or distrustful of human motives; N. cynicism; CF. cynic: person who believes all people are motivated by selfishness
Sentences Containing 'cynical'
Yet when I think of him in cold blood, far away from the glamour of his presence, I am convinced from his cynical speech and the look which I have caught in his eyes that he is one who should be deeply distrusted.
During the night-watches some cynical old sailors will crawl into them and coil themselves away there for a nap.
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::: humdrum - dull; monotonous
::: extirpate - root up; uproot; destroy completely
::: threadbare - worn through till the threads show; shabby and poor; hackneyed; Ex. threadbare excuses
::: bedizen - dress with vulgar finery
::: desecrate - profane; violate the sanctity of
::: complementary - serving to complete something
