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What is another word for
defeatist
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Noun
A person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure
A person who gives up easily
Adjective
Demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure
Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature
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Noun
▲
A person who expects or is excessively ready to accept failure
pessimist
cynic
doubter
misery
skeptic
US
sceptic
UK
doomster
doomsayer
doomwatcher
killjoy
worrier
Cassandra
scoffer
doom-monger
wet blanket
prophet of doom
doom and gloom merchant
misanthrope
naysayer
sourpuss
complainer
gloomy
downer
fatalist
party pooper
alarmist
nihilist
melancholic
worrywart
worryguts
karen
doom merchant
negative Nancy
Debbie downer
doubting Thomas
gloom-monger
crepehanger
depreciator
bear
gloom merchant
Job's comforter
gloomy Gus
disbeliever
unbeliever
questioner
nonbeliever
misanthropist
sneerer
scaremonger
mocker
Chicken Little
doomsdayer
freethinker
dissenter
Pyrrhonist
nullifidian
non-believer
voice of doom
minimifidian
apocalypticist
challenger
zetetic
headshaker
grouch
grump
prophet of woe
rationalist
nonconformist
misbeliever
newsmonger
rumormonger
gossip
troublemaker
spreader of despair and despondency
Calamity Jane
fear monger
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“Certeau has been interpreted as everything from a utopian dreamer to a cynical
defeatist
.”
Noun
▲
A person who gives up easily
quitter
yielder
fatalist
loser
deserter
piker
dropout
“He created his movement resigned from the start that it would end up this way, which is why he's a
defeatist
.”
Adjective
▲
Demonstrating expectation or acceptance of failure
gloomy
pessimistic
despondent
despairing
hopeless
bleak
discouraged
cynical
negative
downbeat
fatalistic
resigned
bearish
foreboding
gloom-ridden
looking on the black side
looking on the dark side
passive
dejected
melancholy
depressed
dark
glum
philosophical
demoralized
US
black
lugubrious
stoic
unenthusiastic
suspicious
distrustful
doubting
alarmist
demoralised
UK
given to looking on the black side
depressing
cheerless
unfavorable
US
unfavourable
UK
unhappy
dispirited
unhopeful
sad
morose
dismissive
anti
sullen
antipathetic
unwilling
uncooperative
downhearted
morbid
unconstructive
obstructive
resistive
balky
resisting
cool
troubled
cold
uninterested
weak
misanthropic
unresponsive
worried
doubtful
apathetic
stoical
more ❯
“The side was so good that many teams went into the match with a
defeatist
attitude and were delighted if they managed to escape with even a point.”
Adjective
▲
Having a somber or dismal atmosphere or nature
morbid
gloomy
dismal
sad
miserable
melancholy
sombre
UK
glum
despondent
depressed
morose
unhappy
somber
US
lugubrious
doleful
desolate
forlorn
disconsolate
bleak
cheerless
pessimistic
dejected
depressing
funereal
wretched
downhearted
dreary
down
downcast
grim
melancholic
sullen
blue
dark
low
black
dispirited
saturnine
godforsaken
solemn
comfortless
depressive
murky
sepulchral
drear
gray
US
tenebrific
tenebrous
cold
darkening
plutonian
dire
chill
elegiac
lonesome
elegiacal
sunless
grey
UK
lonely
dreich
Cimmerian
cloudy
brooding
low-spirited
heavy-hearted
down in the dumps
in low spirits
down in the mouth
sunk in gloom
in the doldrums
given to looking on the black side
mournful
joyless
hopeless
despairing
inconsolable
discouraged
heartbroken
brokenhearted
downbeat
sorrowful
woeful
woebegone
crestfallen
disheartened
saddened
distressed
heartsick
sorry
heavyhearted
heartsore
cynical
droopy
hangdog
cast down
in despair
troubled
demoralized
US
Eeyorish
negative
oppressed
demoralised
UK
discouraging
dispiriting
drab
grave
gloom-ridden
fatalistic
foreboding
dim
worrying
oppressive
harsh
disheartening
bitter
austere
unfortunate
horrid
alarmist
chilly
moody
bad
dolorous
desperate
sick as a parrot
shot down
pensive
anguished
distrustful
doubting
suspicious
devastated
unenthusiastic
wistful
disappointed
resigned
upset
mirthless
dismayed
suicidal
lachrymose
dragged
chapfallen
sunk
at the end of your tether
weighed down
in the pits
in pain
torn up
uninviting
unpromising
unfavourable
UK
unfavorable
US
ominous
unpropitious
inauspicious
disadvantageous
portentous
spiritless
grieving
fraught
abject
distraught
mourning
down and out
feel-bad
griefstricken
damp
bummed-out
in a blue funk
cast-down
all torn up
overcome
at wits' end
choked
dull
daunted
listless
mopey
down-in-the-mouth
bummed out
singing the blues
wallowing
sorrowing
pained
weary
anxious
nowhere to go
broken-hearted
long-suffering
at end of one's rope
grief-stricken
in the dumps
sorry for yourself
self-pitying
fed up
tearful
crushed
chap-fallen
hurting
long-faced
teary
rueful
cheesed off
afflicted
destroyed
brassed off
hurt
weepy
out of sorts
sapped
tristful
down-hearted
cut up
weeping
piteous
tragic
subdued
let down
grieved
regretful
emotional
dour
pitiful
broken
disillusioned
distressing
bereaved
taken down
perturbed
dolent
dysphoric
deflated
bleeding
crummy
gutted
displeased
sick at heart
unnerved
discontented
plaintive
disenchanted
shaken
agonized
US
cowed
helpless
ripped
aggrieved
ruthful
beaten
downtrodden
agonised
UK
shattered
in tears
on a downer
plangent
disgruntled
browbeaten
sulky
grievous
intimidated
tormented
bereft
bothered
painful
grumpy
defeated
saddening
thrown
disturbed
unsatisfied
heartrending
devitalized
deeply saddened
crabbed
mopish
broody
very sad
in grief
in doldrums
in sorrow
in mourning
full of sorrow
low-down
low in spirits
moping
in the toilet
bowed down
let-down
wailing
with a long face
pathetic
dolesome
lamentable
pitiable
bewailing
bemoaning
abashed
humbled
sheepish
deploring
undermined
shamefaced
dissatisfied
aching
enervated
heavy
funeral
disconcerted
flat
lorn
deterred
unconsolable
dirgeful
dashed
adust
frustrated
discomfited
overwhelmed
calamitous
tortured
extremely saddened
chagrined
miffed
heartbreaking
racked
aghast
heart-rending
humorless
US
humourless
UK
irked
doomed
worsted
vanquished
baulked
UK
objecting
balked
US
sour
hapless
unmitigable
deeply regretful
very regretful
surly
ugly
in a funk
suffering
mentally defeated
not happy
dingy
down in dumps
without hope
overcast
up the creek
triste
languid
blue funk
languorous
worried
poor
worthless
mopy
concerned
sinister
angry
annoyed
cross
drained
discontent
ashamed
heart-sick
emo
uncomfortable
nostalgic
lamenting
horrible
companionless
threnodic
burnt
discombobulated
uptight
bugged
sore
shook
antsy
burned
contused
reflective
bummed
powerless
lowered
bowed
depressant
cowering
unmanned
guilty
humiliated
affecting
luckless
off
sluggish
down-and-out
prostrate with grief
sick
weakened
repining
wounded
strained
unable to be comforted
unable to be consoled
torn-up
conscience-stricken
atrocious
beside oneself with grief
dirge-like
guilty-looking
shook up
ailing
atrabilious
clouded
dampened
drooping
sagging
taken aback
destitute
down in mouth
sober
taciturn
feeling down
full of gloom
churlish
shot-down
unwelcoming
doom-laden
languished
having the blahs
crabby
having blue devils
uneasy
sobbing
ticked off
teed off
browned off
peed off
blubbering
unenthused
unconfident
looking as if one had lost a pound and found a penny
crying
beat
whimpering
snivelling
UK
feeling low
larmoyant
maudlin
sniveling
US
regrettable
undeceived
put off
harrowing
beat-down
come-apart
caved-in
down-in-mouth
deplorable
lacking in confidence
lacking in enthusiasm
having lost heart
close to tears
disabused
with cold feet
lost momentum
on the verge of tears
afflictive
in floods of tears
in blue funk
gone to pieces
with tears in your eyes
embittered
punctured
sadder and wiser
out of love
brought down to earth
world-weary
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