as in cynic
a person who distrusts other people and believes that everything is done for selfish reasons
those naysayers who attack the integrity of the entire judicial system
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Recent Examples of naysayer
Those improvements included an electric charge that sent one poor Negan naysayer flying back on the season premiere.
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2025
Do not let naysayers stop you from your heart’s pursuit.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Wednesday Microsoft: The software and cloud giant proved naysayers wrong with its quarterly results.
—Morgan Chittum,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 May 2025
Perry’s fellow galactic passengers Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez — whose fiancé, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, founded Blue Origin — have also hit back at naysayers of the 11-minute jaunt to the edge of space on April 14.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Dalton Ross, EW.com, 5 May 2025
Do not let naysayers stop you from your heart’s pursuit.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 4 May 2025
Wednesday Microsoft: The software and cloud giant proved naysayers wrong with its quarterly results.
—Morgan Chittum,kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 4 May 2025
Perry’s fellow galactic passengers Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez — whose fiancé, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, founded Blue Origin — have also hit back at naysayers of the 11-minute jaunt to the edge of space on April 14.
—Jami Ganz, New York Daily News, 30 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for naysayer
Noun
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Similarly to her dad, Abby tries to bring order to her crew of oddballs and cynics, most notably former night court prosecutor Dan Fielding (John Larroquette), a character from the original series.—
Nellie Andreeva,
Deadline,
9 May 2025
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Abdellatif Kechiche’s 2013 graphic lesbian love story Blue Is the Warmest Color confounded cynics by winning over a jury headed by, of all people, Steven Spielberg.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
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But from the beginning, Chiuri was the target of critics who skimmed over the political messages of her shows and dismissed her efforts to create wearable wardrobe options for women as bland commercialism.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
29 May 2025
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However, critics warn the policy could harm students who are already on track for college placement.—
Jesus Mesa,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
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“Naysayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/naysayer. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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