miserabilist
noun/ˈmɪzəɹəbəlɪst/
Etymology
Variant of miserable + -ist, with interconsonant -i- added due to difficulty or lack of flow in pronouncing miserablist.
- derived from miserabilis
- borrowed from miserable
Definitions
One who is unhappy, or extols being miserable as a virtue
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.
- An old, failed actor who lived on his own, he never had friends dropping by, because he was a bedridden inconsiderate miserabilist.
- The former Smiths singer, professional miserabilist, vegetarian and gladioli-distributor has posed nude for the inner sleeve artwork for his new single, Heaven Knows I'm Naked Now.
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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