| Suspicious of human nature (7) |
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| Sarcastic and mocking (7) |
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| Unbelieving |
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| Jaundiced |
The Guardian Quick |
15 Mar 2024 |
| Sneeringly distrustful |
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| Distrustful of virtue in others (7) |
Puzzler |
09 Jan 2024 |
| Sneering |
Family Time |
18 Dec 2023 |
| Extremely coy, I can panic and start to look pessimistic |
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| One description of doubting Thomas's clan, icy possibly |
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| Believing the worst of human nature |
Irish Times Simplex |
04 Dec 2020 |
| Conservative leader in lacy clothes? Looking back, it's ironic |
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| Believing the worst of human nature and motives |
Irish Times Simplex |
21 Oct 2020 |
| Jaded |
USA Today |
05 Oct 2020 |
| Distrustful |
Universal |
01 Oct 2019 |
| Like Ambrose Bierce, famously |
USA Today |
22 Mar 2019 |
| Contemptuous, mocking |
The Times Concise |
15 Jan 2019 |
| Like Ambrose Bierce, famously |
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| Distrustful |
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| Distrustful |
Newsday |
13 Nov 2018 |
| Mocking; sceptical |
The Times Concise |
28 Jun 2017 |
| Auditors observe coin being hardened |
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| Sceptical; mocking |
The Times Concise |
03 Jun 2016 |
| Curmudgeonly |
Newsday |
20 Mar 2016 |
| Lacy clothes fashionable with clubs? On reflection that's doubtful |
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| Disillusioned with Conservative setback, Clegg almost breaks |
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| Bitter controversy on both sides at tax payable — albeit cut back |
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| 4 Sarcastic voice wrong, a little childish |
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| Jaded |
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| Critically contemptuous |
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| Bitter |
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| Bitter |
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| "In my 'Advanced Pharmacology' class, we were given a lecture on ___" (with 38 Across) |
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| Curmudgeonly |
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| Sardonic |
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| Like Diogenes |
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| Showing mockery |
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| Sardonic |
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| Hardly Pollyanna-ish |
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| Sneering |
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| Distrustful |
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| Misanthropic. |
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| Knowing "the price of everything and the value of nothing." |
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| Distrustful and gloomy. |
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| Distrusting |
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