pessimist

[ pes-uh-mist ]

/ ˈpɛs ə mɪst /

a person who habitually sees or anticipates the worst or is disposed to be gloomy.

an adherent of the doctrine of pessimism.

Origin of pessimist

First recorded in 1830–40; pessim(ism) + -ist

cynic optimist pessimist skeptic

Like Sendak, Miyazaki is somewhat cranky—a pessimist at odds with modernity.

Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘The Wind Rises’: An Anime Icon Bows Out |Andrew Romano |November 15, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
Pessimist: I thought you said you were an optimist - not a fantasist.

Post-Convention Hangover: America Isn't Working |David Frum |September 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Pessimist: But most of the new jobs being created pay much less than the jobs lost in 2008-2009.

Post-Convention Hangover: America Isn't Working |David Frum |September 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
Pessimist: Which is a big reason why young people find it so difficult to get started in life.

Post-Convention Hangover: America Isn't Working |David Frum |September 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST

Pessimist: When surveyed, boomers tell us their preferred retirement age is 68.

Post-Convention Hangover: America Isn't Working |David Frum |September 7, 2012 |DAILY BEAST
The pessimist is further characterised by an incapacity for prolonged attention, a refractory attention and a feeble will.

Degeneracy |Eugene S. Talbot
The optimist raises the average of the world by his presence, the pessimist lowers the average.

Dollars and Sense |Col. Wm. C. Hunter
Tolstoy was a pessimist both by temperament and philosophical persuasion.

Prophets of Dissent |Otto Heller
The first of the mistakes about Byron lies in the fact that he is treated as a pessimist.

Twelve Types |G.K. Chesterton
It is the true answer to the pessimist, and the standing miracle of mankind.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) |Robert Louis Stevenson