Word "CYNIC" Definitions:


Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
someone who is critical of the motives of others
Synonyms:
faultfinder

Part of Speech:
Noun
Definition:
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

Crossword Clues for CYNIC

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Some fancy niche for sceptic (5) Puzzler Cryptic 06 Aug 2025
Sneering critic The Telegraph Cross Atlantic 14 Jul 2025
Overly sceptical or pessimistic person (5)
One not inclined to recognise goodness (5)
He won't see any good being a philosopher in Athens (5)
Sour sort LA Times Daily 15 Jun 2025
Scoffer(5)
Doubtful sarcastic person (5)
Commander-in-chief turns up, arresting unknown scoffer The Times Quick Cryptic 30 Apr 2025
Skeptical person Newsday 27 Apr 2025
One who tends to think the worst of others The Times Concise 26 Apr 2025
Sceptic Puzzler Backwords 12 Apr 2025
Habitual sceptic Mirror Tea Time 04 Apr 2025
Member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers associated with Antisthenes and Diogenes of Sinope Mirror Quiz 04 Apr 2025
Pessimist, sceptic or naysayer?
He sees no good in privacy, nice though it may be (5)
See why Nic is about to become a morose man? (5)
One seeing no good in anything (5)
He doubts good: fancy nicely revealed (5)
Some fancy Nicaean philosopher The Sun Two Speed 27 Jan 2025
Pessimist The Sun Two Speed 27 Jan 2025
One with a pessimistic view of human nature (5) The Guardian Quick 15 Jan 2025
One who has little faith in human sincerity or goodness (5)
Nancy Nicholson's a hearty doubter (5)
Habitual sceptic Mirror Tea Time 25 Dec 2024
One of a sect of austere philosophers of ancient Athens, such as Diogenes (5)
One who sees good in nothing (5)
Habitual sceptic Mirror Tea Time 06 Dec 2024
It leaves city nicely halved, but he sees no good in it (5)
He doesn't have a good outlook (5)
World-weary sceptic (5) Puzzler 07 Oct 2024
One thinks the worst of everyone (5) The Guardian Quick 04 Oct 2024
Doubter The Times Sunday Concise 29 Sep 2024
As part of conspiracy, Nicolas exposed sceptic (5)
Fancy nice women including a man-hater! (5)
Surly doubter Puzzler Backwords 23 Aug 2024
Sincerity doubter
Disbeliever, pessimist The Telegraph Mini 08 Jul 2024
Morose man (5)
Tracy nicknamed some pessimist (5)
One who sees no good in anything (5)
Some fancy nice things, but he's surly about them (5)
Pessimist The Telegraph Mini 22 May 2024
Sceptical person (5)
Misanthrope seeming not quite nice to little Cyrus
Pessimist held in emergency Nicaraguan prison (5)
Some fancy niche for a sceptic (5) Puzzler Cryptic 04 May 2024
He sees no good in mercy, nice though it is (5)
Pessimist Mirror Tea Time 24 Mar 2024
Doubter hides in fancy niche (5)
Member of a school of ancient Greek philosophers founded by Antisthenes
Sneerer (5)
One who believes the worst (5)
Jaded critic or doubter (5)
Skeptical person USA Today 28 Jan 2024
Habitual sceptic Mirror Tea Time 25 Jan 2024
Surly pessimist Puzzler Backwords 18 Jan 2024
Determined faultfinder
Selection of saucy nicknames for old philosopher (5)
Disapproving person (5)
One with a critical attitude and jaundiced view (5)
Pessimist USA Today 11 Oct 2023
Some kleptocracy — nicking? One believes the worst The Times Quick Cryptic 25 Sep 2023
Jaded sort LA Times Daily 10 Sep 2023
Skeptical person Newsday 17 Jul 2023
Fallacy nicely traps one disinclined to believe The Times Cryptic 06 Jul 2023
Skeptical sort LA Times Daily 26 Jun 2023
Pessimist The Telegraph Quick 17 Jun 2023
One who tends to think the worst of others The Times Concise 08 Jun 2023
Pessimist showing limits to civility, not entirely pleasant The Times Cryptic 25 May 2023
Jaded person New York Times 23 May 2023
Sceptic, fault-finding critic The Guardian Speedy 02 Apr 2023
One who questions people's motives New York Times 26 Feb 2023
Misanthropic person USA Today 19 Feb 2023
Jaded doubter New York Times 09 Jan 2023
For whom fancy nicety is too much? The Times Cryptic 18 Nov 2022
Distrustful person USA Today 12 Oct 2022
Diogenes, for one Wall Street Journal 21 Sep 2022
Habitual doubter Newsday 19 Aug 2022
Person with a negative outlook USA Today 27 Jul 2022
Skeptical person USA Today 17 Mar 2022
One who believes the worst of people The Times Concise 22 Feb 2022
Pessimist LA Times Daily 21 Feb 2022
Pessimist The Washington Post 21 Feb 2022
Jaded person USA Today 10 Feb 2022
Sceptic, non-idealist The Guardian Speedy 23 Jan 2022
Doubter Eugene Sheffer 14 Jan 2022
Ancient philosopher connecting prophecy with Nicodemus
Negative person Universal 27 Oct 2021
Person viewing humans pessimistically The Times Concise 23 Oct 2021
According to Oscar Wilde, one knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing The Times Specialist Sunday 05 Sep 2021
Sceptic in Cyprus, mostly good- natured
Slice of delicacy nicked for one habitually scoffing The Telegraph Toughie 25 Aug 2021
One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce LA Times Daily 21 Aug 2021
One 'whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be': Bierce The Washington Post 21 Aug 2021
One who has a pessimistic view of human goodness Irish Times Simplex 12 Aug 2021
He refuses to believe top general could hold up American city
A bit of diplomacy? Nice, but I doubt your motives
Pessimist, one who believes the worst The Telegraph General Knowledge 02 May 2021
Jaded sort New York Times 28 Mar 2021
Sceptic The Telegraph Quick 07 Mar 2021
Some fancy Nicaean philosopher The Sun Two Speed 18 Feb 2021
Pessimist The Sun Two Speed 18 Feb 2021
Military leader around US city backing sceptical commentator
Glass-half-empty sort LA Times Daily 21 Jan 2021
Glass-half-empty sort The Washington Post 21 Jan 2021
Skeptical person Newsday 04 Nov 2020
Person with a jaded outlook USA Today 27 May 2020
Some fancy nickname for Cassandra Irish Times Crosaire 16 Apr 2020
Distrustful person USA Today 11 Apr 2020
Pessimistic sort Universal 08 Apr 2020
Distrustful sort Wall Street Journal 19 Oct 2019
Skeptical sort
Jaded type Thomas Joseph 12 Aug 2019
Pessimist The Telegraph Quick 11 Aug 2019
From fancy niche one takes a jaundiced view
Glass-half-empty type Newsday 02 Jun 2019
One who takes a pessimistic view of human goodness or sincerity Irish Times Simplex 01 May 2019
Ambrose Bierce, notably USA Today 24 Feb 2019
Distrustful sort
Ambrose Bierce, notably
One doesn't believe in fancy niceties The Telegraph Cryptic 13 Dec 2018
Pessimist occasionally crying is melancholic at heart
Greek philosopher The Times Concise 29 Oct 2018
Fancy niche accommodation for sceptic
"Scratch any ___ and you will find a disappointed idealist": George Carlin The New Yorker 15 Oct 2018
Jaded one Universal 10 Sep 2018
One 'whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be,' per Ambrose Bierce New York Times 23 Jun 2018
One dismissive of human motives The Times Concise 03 Jun 2018
Some fancy nice person holding sceptical views
Jaded one
One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be," per Ambrose Bierce
Pessimist The Washington Post 29 Dec 2017
Pessimist LA Times Daily 29 Dec 2017
Skeptical one Newsday 29 Oct 2017
Like old characters in game, less than completely pleasant
Doubter: "Commander-in-Chief captured New York when returning?"
Suspicious sort Wall Street Journal 11 Jul 2017
Pessimistic person Universal 27 Jun 2017
'A man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin,' per H. L. Mencken New York Times 28 Mar 2017
Fault-finder The Telegraph Quick 11 Mar 2017
"A man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin," per H. L. Mencken
Pessimistic person
Pessimist
Sceptic close to army blocks top officer's rise
Pessimist often crying in public at the end
She doubts motives shown when niceness follows intimacy
'Yeah, right' speaker New York Times 06 Oct 2015
Scoffer unknown to get involved in supreme commander's retreat The Times Cryptic 24 Aug 2015
Scoffer The Telegraph Quick 08 Jul 2015
Bankruptcy nicely protecting a scoffer The Telegraph Cryptic 10 Jun 2015
Member of a school of Greek philosophy Wall Street Journal 22 May 2015
Pessimist‘s opposing choices adopted by commander
Member of a school of Greek philosophy
"Yeah, right" speaker
Jaded sort
Glass-half-empty sort
Altruism doubter
Glass-half-empty sort
Pessimist
Diogenes, for one
Distrustful person
Scornful, negative sort
Doubter
"What's the catch?" asker
One who assumes the worst
One with a negative outlook on life
Skeptical sort
Suspiciously skeptical sort
Critic of the selfless
Sarcastic sort
Skeptical sort
Hard one to convince
Jaded sort
Skeptical one
Critic of the selfless
Doubting Thomas
Critic of the selfless
Skeptical one
Doubter
Bierce, notably
Diogenes, for one
Ambrose Bierce, notably
Pessimistic sort
Suspicious sourpuss
One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce
Misanthrope
Doubting Thomas
Jaded figure
Suspicious sourpuss
One "whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be": Bierce
Diogenes, for one
One with a critical attitude
Skeptical sort
Skeptical person
Diogenes, for one
Nonbeliever
Nonbeliever
Diogenes, for one
Negative sort
Diogenes, notably
Sour sort
Pessimistic type
Doubting Thomas
Disbeliever in selfless acts
Distrusting sort
Pessimist, often
Diogenes, for one
Pessimistic person
Diogenes, notably
Doubting Thomas
Ambrose Bierce, for one
Skeptical sort
Doubiting Thomas
Sour sort
Negative sort of person
One of a group of Ancient Greek philosophers
Pessimistic type
Motive questioner
She's world-weary
Hard one to convince
Misanthrope
Prophet of doom
Disbeliever
Defeatist's cousin.
Pessimist.
Believer in the worst.
Pessimist's pal.
Scoffer.
Cousin of a misanthrope.
Misanthrope.
Misanthropic person.
Word for Diogenes.
Someone who is a tough sell
Disbeliever.
Pessimist
One who expects the worst.
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