单词 | cynical |
释义 | cynicaladj. 1. Resembling the Cynic philosophers in contempt of pleasure, churlishness, or disposition to find fault; characteristic of a cynic; surly, currish, misanthropic, captious; now esp. disposed to disbelieve in human sincerity or goodness; sneering. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social attitudes > misanthropy > [adjective] > cynical cynical1588 cynic1597 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > [adjective] > sneeringly cynical1588 cynic1597 1588 R. Greene Pandosto sig. D2v Canst thou not loue? Commeth this cynicall passion of prone desires, or peeuish frowardnesse. 1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 43 They seeke..To be accounted sharpe and Cynicall. 1670 P. Henry Diaries & Lett. (1882) 225 In lodging, diet, apparel, cynical below the calling of a Gospel minister. 1814 I. D'Israeli Quarrels Auth. III. 16 Our cynical Hobbes had no respect for his species. 1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God iii. 65 A cynical journalism which sneered at every belief. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > [adjective] > of the Cynics dogly1477 cynic1637 cynical1675 1675 T. Otway Alcibiades iv. i. 33 Let the Cynical fool call pleasure a toy. 3. With etymological allusion: Relating to a dog; dog-like. ΚΠ 1616 J. Bullokar Eng. Expositor Cynicall, doggish. 1650 J. Howell Addit. Lett. xv. 27 in Epistolæ Ho-elianæ (ed. 2) Besides this Cinicall, ther is a kind of Wolvish humor hath seizd upon most of this peeple. 1869 Sir G. Bowyer in Times Sept. Writing..in ‘ecclesiastical Latin’ (to which a more cynical name might be given). This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1893; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < |
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