POLLYANNAS Antonyms

• someone who is critical of the motives of others

• a member of a group of ancient Greek philosophers who advocated the doctrine that virtue is the only good and that the essence of virtue is self-control

• someone who is resigned to defeat without offering positive suggestions

• someone who dislikes people in general

• someone with an aggressively negative attitude

• a person who expects the worst

• a philosopher who believes that universals are real and exist independently of anyone thinking of them

• a person who accepts the world as it literally is and deals with it accordingly

• a painter who represents the world realistically and not in an idealized or romantic style

• someone who habitually doubts accepted beliefs

• someone with a habitually sullen or gloomy expression