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The word cynical is in the Wiktionary

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— English words —
  • cynical adj. Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
  • cynical adj. Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
  • cynical adj. Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
  • cynical adj. Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one’s actions.
  • cynical adj. (Medicine, rare) Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.
  • Cynical adj. Of or relating to the Cynics, a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only…
— English word, defined in Dutch —
  • cynical bijv. Cynisch.
— English word, defined in French —
  • cynical adj. Cynique.
53 English words from 6 English definitions

accepted actions Ancient Ancient␣Greek are base belief believed Bitterly contempt contemptuous Cynics desires distrustful dog especially facial facial␣nerve for Greek human in␣reference␣to integrity jadedly Like Medicine mocking moral motivated motives nerve of␣a one only others paralysis philosophers primarily rare reference relating sect selfishness Showing sincerity Skeptical snarling standards that the to␣the virtue who

2 foreign words from 2 foreign definitions

Cynique Cynisch

4 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

cynicall cynically cynicality cynicalness

One time in the middle (New word found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

uncynically

4 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

uncynical noncynical semicynical supercynical

14 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

cal Cal cal. Cal. cyn- cynic Cynic ICA -ica -ical nic Nic NIC Nica

10 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ACI CIN -cin lac Lac LAc LAC Laci nyc NYC

One anagram (New word found by changing the order of the letters.)

calycin

8 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

alcyonic calycine calycins chancily cyclamin cyclinac cynicall glycanic

7 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

calcin clancy Clancy cyanic cyclin laccin Lycian

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

conical

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

cynicall


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