cynical
/ˈsɪnɪkəl/ adjective C1- Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
- Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
- Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
- Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
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So is every—but I will not be cynical.
But one could not look upon his cruel blue eyes, with their drooping, cynical lids, or upon the fierce, aggressive nose and the threatening, deep-lined brow, without reading Nature’s plainest danger-signals.
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