jaundiced view
Frequency: 6.04.2 per million words
Describes a cynical, biased, or pessimistic opinion or perspective, often based on negative past experiences.
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- After years of political scandals, he took a jaundiced view of all public officials.
- After his experience in jail, he has a pretty jaundiced view of the penal system.
- Her past failures led her to develop a jaundiced view of new projects.
- Her past failures gave her a jaundiced view of new projects.
- He expressed a jaundiced view of the company's latest restructuring plans.
- Despite his jaundiced view of politics, he still voted.
- It's hard to overcome a jaundiced view when you've been disappointed so many times.
- The critic's jaundiced view of modern art was well-known.
- Many critics held a jaundiced view of the new art movement.
- He developed a jaundiced view of human nature after years in law enforcement.
- Despite the positive reports, she maintained a jaundiced view of the situation.
- Don't let one bad experience give you a jaundiced view of the whole industry.
- His experience in the industry gave him a somewhat jaundiced view of innovation.
- She tried to overcome her jaundiced view of relationships after her divorce.
- The editorial presented a rather jaundiced view of the economic forecast.
- The documentary presented a jaundiced view of corporate ethics.
- She couldn't help but adopt a jaundiced view after witnessing so much corruption.
- Their initial enthusiasm soon turned into a jaundiced view as problems mounted.
- His initial enthusiasm was replaced by a jaundiced view as problems mounted.
- It's hard not to have a jaundiced view when you've seen so much injustice.