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Cynical cyn·i·cal

Spelling: [sin-i-kuh l]

IPA: /ˈsɪn ɪ kəl/

Cynical is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 111 anagrams from letters in Cynical (accilny).

Definitions for Cynical

adjective

1. distrusting or disparaging the motives of others; like or characteristic of a cynic.
2. showing contempt for accepted standards of honesty or morality by one's actions, especially by actions that exploit the scruples of others.
3. bitterly or sneeringly distrustful, contemptuous, or pessimistic.
4. (initial capital letter) cynic (def 5).

Origin of Cynical

First recorded in 1580-90; cynic + -al¹

Examples for Cynical

Klein is simultaneously not only cynical about political leaders, but dismissive of them.

“I hate to be cynical about it, but I think some of the films made are made very cynically,” she says.

At its worst, The Stranger merely recycles the biases, conventional wisdom, and cynical bitterness of inside-the-beltway habitués.

But Mary stood rebellious, and spoke with a resumption of her cynical scorn.

If we fail, the ugly, cynical situation is guaranteed to get worse for decades to come.

But what virtue is there in waiting, our cynical friend would ask.

But theft, cynical theft for the purpose of profit and enjoyment, is beyond me!

But Robin didn't laugh; his eyes, morose and cynical, held her there.

I remembered how cynical she had always been as to the merits of her own sex.

A cynical old Chicago lawyer once described this as the theory that “out of the clash of lies, truth will emerge.”