Cynical['sɪnɪkl]
[color=rgb(73, 73, 73)"]While watching an interview about this woman who has dated over forty men. She said she would never date again because she felt like all the men just used her for sex.
The reporter asked her if she believed she was now cynical. She said, "OF COURSE I AM."Today we are going to learn about the word cynical.C-Y-N-I-C-A-L. Cynical. ['sɪnɪkl]Cynical means not trusting other people and their actions, but believing that people are interested only in themselves. Think of someone cynical is someone who is distrusting of people in general.Think about the next guy that likes the woman from the beginning of the podcast. He brings her flowers and her genuinely likes her. Since she is a cynical woman she believes that men only do nice things for her, not because they genuinely like her. But for the reason that they want to have sex with her, when that's not the case sometimes.
Here, let us look at some example sentence: Example 1:
Listening to politicians for too long can make you cynical.
Example 2:
Please just trust me. You don't have to be so cynical all the time.
Example 3:
The people were cynical about the governor's speech about filtering their water.