🙄cynic (sinek)

noun
/ˈsɪnɪk/
циник (tsinik)

Значение

a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest rather than acting for honorable reasons
a person who believes that people are motivated purely by self-interest; someone who is skeptical about human nature
Перевод значения
человек, который считает, что люди мотивированы исключительно личными интересами, а не благородными причинами
chelovek, kotoryi schitayet, chto lyudi motivirovany iskluchitel'no lichnymi interesami, a ne blagorodnymi prichinami

Примеры предложений

He was too much of a cynic to believe in true love.

Он был слишком циничен, чтобы поверить в настоящую любовь.
On byl slishkom tsinichen, chtoby poverit' v nastoyashchuyu lyubov'.

The old cynic believed that politicians only cared about getting votes.

Старый циник верил, что политики заботятся только о получении голосов.
Staryi tsinik veril, chto politiky zabotyatsya tol'ko o poluchenyii golosov.

Примеры выражений

cynic at heart
циник по натуре
tsinik po nature

Синонимы

skeptic, doubter, pessimist, disbeliever, misanthrope
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skeptic, doubter, pessimist, disbeliever
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skeptic, pessimist, doubter, misanthrope

Антонимы

optimist, believer, idealist, trustful person
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optimist, believer, idealist
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optimist, believer, idealist, trustful person

Коллокации

cynic at heart, political cynic, cynic view, old cynic, confirmed cynic, cynic's view
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cynic at heart, political cynic, cynic view
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old cynic, confirmed cynic, cynic's view

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