Definition: 1. Believing that people only do things to help themselves rather than for good or honest reasons. 2. Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others.
Use 'cynical' in a sentence:
1. It has not all been cynical.
2. People cannot make friends with a person who is cynical about friendship.
3. That may be too cynical.
4. Christmas should be a time of excitement and wonder, not a cynical marketing ploy.
5. She is more cynical about life for the influence of this novel.
6. He called it particularly cynical to begin releasing the hostages on Christmas Day.
7. I think she takes a rather cynical view of men.
8. You might think she’d be cynical by now.
9. He is no less cynical, but he is more honest.
10. But many young people haven't yet learned to be cynical.
11. Ridley viewed his work with a cynical detachment.
12. People get to a certain age and they become cynical.
13. Straight from the cynical anonymity of a big city, we luxuriated in its happy personalism.
14. Pop records can be crass and cynical.
15. The result is a dark, isolated and cynical existence.
16. And a total, cynical fantasy.
17. The enormous difficulty makes him cynical about the feasibility of the idea.
18. Cynical he may be, but he does have a point.
19. "Father Rick is a lot like me-a cynical optimist," Haggis told me.
20. It is easy to be cynical.
21. Are you one of those cynical people?
22. I know people are cynical we can do this.
23. What a cynical way to make a living.
24. He described the Foreign Office's decision as sickening and cynical.
25. You might think she'd be cynical by now.
26. Times made us cynical.
27. He was cynical that any good could come of the policy.
28. Many cynical managers see employees as cannon fodder.
29. One diplomat cautions against being overly cynical, however.
30. A cynical view, perhaps, but there is some truth to it.
31. Hopefully we won't be as cynical and mean as we are now.
32. This is a cynical manipulation of the situation for short-term political gain.
33. Do you have to be so cynical about everything?
34. Why are you always so cynical?
35. He was cynical that any good could come of democracy.
36. The cynical view is not always the right one.
37. It's really as cynical as that.
38. It has also made me more cynical about relationships.
39. Politics is clubby, careerist, and cynical.
40. It was just two cynical college kids with no money.
41. With that cynical outlook, he doesn't trust anyone.
42. I'm a bit cynical about the benefits of the plan.
43. It's hard not to be cynical about reform.
44. Advertising like this is a cynical manipulation of the elderly.
45. She may be cynical about the film industry, but ultimately she has no intention of biting the hand that feeds her.
46. She wanted him to stop being so cool, so detached, so cynical.
