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An example use of cynical in a speech by a native speaker of american english:
“… should have been cynical and not had a …”
meanings of cynical
adjective:
- Like the actions of a snarling dog, especially in reference to facial nerve paralysis.
- Bitterly or jadedly distrustful or contemptuous; mocking.
- 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.
- Skeptical of the integrity, sincerity, or motives of others.
- Showing contempt for accepted moral standards by one's actions.
- Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.