Glass-half-empty
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Glass-half-empty is an adjective meaning (idiomatic, of a person) pessimistic.
Meaning
(idiomatic, of a person) pessimistic.
Example Sentences
Susan Kropf, the company's president and chief operating officer, says that while the management team is “by nature optimistic,” there is a “glass half empty kind of mentality.” Says Kropf. “We always think about what more we could have done, or how we could have done it better.”
Antonyms for glass-half-empty
Common opposites include glass-half-full.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include negative, pessimistic, doomist, semicynical, miserabilist, crapehanging.
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