Associations to the word «Cynical»

Wiktionary

CYNICAL, adjective. Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
CYNICAL, adjective. Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
CYNICAL, adjective. Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
CYNICAL, adjective. Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
CYNICAL, adjective. (medicine) (rare) Like the actions of a snarling dog.
CYNICAL, adjective. Of or relating to the Cynics, a sect of Ancient Greek philosophers who believed virtue to be the only good and self-control to be the only means of achieving virtue.
CYNICAL, adjective. Concerned only with one's own interests and disregarding accepted standards to achieve them: A cynical fool

Dictionary definition

CYNICAL, adjective. Believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin