Uk English Meaning of defeatist

defeatist

Other Uk English words related to defeatist

synonyms

• cynical
• hopeless
• pessimistic
• bearish
• bleak
• depressing
• despairing
• desperate
• disheartening
• downbeat
• fatalistic
• grim
• negative
• Nihilistic
• Cheerless
• contrary
• disheartening
• dismal
• Dreary
• funereal
• gloomy
• hostile
• inauspicious
• glum
• Nihilist
• Saturnine
• sepulchral
• sombre
• sombre
• sullen
• unlikely
• unpromising

antonyms

• bright
• encouraging
• fair
• golden
• heartening
• likely
• optimistic
• promising
• rosy** (ˈrəʊzi)
• upbeat
• Auspicious
• comforting
• favourable
• good
• Idealist
• pollyannaish
• positive
• propitious
• reassuring
• Romantic
• Rose-coloured
• utopian
• visionary
• Panglossian
• Pollyanna
• Pollyannish
• cheery
• cheering
• cheerful
• chipper
• sunny

Definitions and Meaning of defeatist in English

Wordnet

defeatist (n)

someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

FAQs About the word defeatist

What is the Uk English meaning of the word defeatist

defeatist

What is the English meaning of the word defeatist

someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

What are the synonyms of the word defeatist

cynical,hopeless,pessimistic,bearish,bleak,depressing,despairing,desperate,disheartening,downbeat

What are the antonyms of the word defeatist

bright,encouraging,fair,golden,heartening,likely,optimistic,promising,rosy** (ˈrəʊzi),upbeat