miserabilist
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3ADJ.
inconsiderate, professional, trying
MISERABILIST + NOUN
gladioli-distributor, vegetarian
PREP.
than
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noun
One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue; a philosopher of pessimism.
Gissing is never more of a miserabilist than when trying to be light-hearted.
An old, failed actor who lived on his own, he never had friends dropping by, because he was a bedridden inconsiderate miserabilist.
adj
Miserable, pessimistic.
This is a radical difference between the naturalism of the miserabilist approach, and the naturalism practiced by the Romanian New Wave.
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4Gissing is never more of a miserabilist than when trying to be light-hearted.
WiktionaryAn old, failed actor who lived on his own, he never had friends dropping by, because he was a bedridden inconsiderate miserabilist.
WiktionaryThe former Smiths singer, professional miserabilist, vegetarian and gladioli-distributor has posed nude for the inner sleeve artwork for his new single, Heaven Knows I'm Naked Now.
WiktionaryThis is a radical difference between the naturalism of the miserabilist approach, and the naturalism practiced by the Romanian New Wave.
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