- Having the qualities of a surly dog; snarling; captious;
currish. - Pertaining to the Dog Star; as, the cynic, or Sothic,
year; cynic cycle. - Belonging to the sect of philosophers called cynics;
having the qualities of a cynic; pertaining to, or resembling, the
doctrines of the cynics. - Given to sneering at rectitude and the conduct of life by
moral principles; disbelieving in the reality of any human purposes
which are not suggested or directed by self-interest or
self-indulgence; as, a cynical man who scoffs at pretensions of
integrity; characterized by such opinions; as, cynical views of human
nature.
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