Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: cynical
IPA transcription: [s'ɪnɪkəl]
Pronunciations of cynical
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adverb meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: cynical, misanthropic, misanthropical
    Meaning: believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others
Usage examples
  • The doctor looked as rubicund, as jovial, as cynical as ever.
  • Benjamin Disraeli attained the cynical sublime when he suggested a monument of gratitude to Judas.
  • Rose was twenty-one years old, fair, vivacious, educated in a fashionable college, just entering society and already somewhat cynical and indifferent.
  • "Did you help him to take it, pray, that you identify yourself with the affair so persistently and violently?" demanded Mr. Galloway, in a cynical tone.
  • Yet, I wonder; is there a single one among all these tired people, or even among the cynical people, who has not had some moment of awe when the thought came stabbing into his mind like a knife: "What a strange thing this life is!
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Tower Block of Commons, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Miracle on 34th Street, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Transhumanism, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Red vs. Blue, License CC BY-SA 4.0