miserabilist
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miserabilist
- /ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/
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Variant of miserable + -ist, with interconsonant -i- added due to difficulty or lack of flow in pronouncing miserablist.
noun miserabilists · miserablist
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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.
Similar: buzzkill, killjoy, spoilsport, addle-plot, cold fish, curmudgeon, dampener, downer, fun sponge, grinch, grouch, joy killer
adjective more miserabilist · most miserabilist · miserablist
- 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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noun one who extols being miserable
| Français | misérabiliste |
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