Your Query of 'Cynical' Resulted in 2 Matches
Displaying Items 1 through 2
Definitions
Cynical Tweet Definition of Cynical Like Definition of Cynical on Facebook
adjective 
  1. Of or relating to the Cynics, a sect of ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.
Etymology: From Cynic + -al.


Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for Cynical for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

     

cynical Tweet Definition of cynical Like Definition of cynical on Facebook
adjective 
  1. of or related to the belief that human actions are motivation, motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
  2. skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
  3. bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
  4. showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
  5. (context, medicine, rare) like the actions of a snarling dog.
Etymology: Originated 1580"90 from cynic+-al.


Supplemental Details:Sponsor an extended definition for cynical for as little as $10 per month. Click here to contact us.

     
  

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the GNU Free Documentation License
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.