Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others.
Inclined to believe the worst about people.
Marked by or displaying scornful or disdainful irony or mocking.
1 New Zealand's Foreign Minister Murray McCully said it was cynical and disappointing.
2 When he discussed the military situation, O'Byrne was both interesting and cynical .
3 Twenty years on he is deeply cynical about the Met's new investigation.
4 Yet it is true that we don't always need to be cynical .
5 Maybe Deckham was right; maybe he was just too cynical for magic.
6 It looks cynical , something New Zealanders have made clear they don't like.
7 To turn that into a marketing opportunity is cynical , at very best.
8 Young people in particular just scoffed and laughed that cynical Fermanagh laugh.
9 When in fact Butch is probably the least cynical person I know.
10 A cynical person might say, 'Dr Peterson, you got what you wanted.
11 Shifting the goalposts late in the day will be seen as cynical .
12 Don't be so cynical , love stories do begin…even at a trade fair.
13 They seemed strangely cynical ; there was something revolting in his deepening calmness.
14 This cynical approach to tar my reputation has to stop, he added.
15 The wedding procession passed on, and the cynical rabble poured in behind.
16 Disembodied senior voices corrupt vulnerable operatives in the pursuit of cynical agenda.
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