Cynical
Cynical adjective - Having or showing a deep distrust of human beings and their motives.
Unfortunate and cynical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Unfortunate" instead an adjective "Cynical".
Unfortunate
Unfortunate adjective - Bringing about ruin or misfortune.
Cynical and unfortunate are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cynical" instead an adjective "Unfortunate".
Nearby Word: unfortunately
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- A Series of Unfortunate Events is another example of a work which is cynical but not "serious".
- A Series of Unfortunate Events is largely toward the "cynical" end of the scale; many characters seem like they would prefer to be idealistic but have had the optimism crushed out of them, and those who are consistently optimistic come across as foolish.
- On the more cynical side, you have Unfortunate Implications gone wild, with Japanese, other Japanese, Westerners, and Koreans all flinging extreme racist abuse at each other and denouncing whatever side they hate not out of genre distaste but out of overt racism and Misplaced Nationalism.
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