0 believing that people are only interested in themselves and are not sincere:
I've always been deeply cynical about politicians.
She works in that most cynical of industries - advertising.
He praises my cooking but it's just a cynical ploy to get me to make him dinner.
Cynical fouls by defenders with no intention of playing the ball were the reason referees were asked to get tough in the first place.
1 not trusting or respecting the goodness of other people and their actions, but believing that people are interested only in themselves:
Listening to politicians for too long can make you cynical.
She’s become cynical about men.
Many people have become cynical about the stage-managed debates between politicians which regularly appear on television.
15 years in the teaching profession had left him world-weary and cynical.
"He's only pretending to like classical music so that Emma will go out with him." "Don't be so cynical - you don't know that."
I thought the actor's appeal was very moving, but my husband saw it as a cynical attempt to get publicity.
How did my trusting little child suddenly turn into such an angry, cynical teenager?
Many became cynical, bluffed their way through, concentrated on family interests, or used their offices for financial gain.
It was cynical, yet certain of its target, deadly in its accuracy.
Therefore, voters became more cynical as the negative information on candidates became widely available as the elections approached.
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