adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
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The Guitarist staff are as cynical and critical as anyone else and a favourable review reflects how well an amplifier actually performs.
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Nevertheless, the move of 1290 was not quite as cynical as all this may suggest.
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Finally, these books are less constrained and more cynical in their criticism of science than those written by nonscientists.
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Then he takes on his two roles, the 60-Second Novelist and the On-line Host, a more cynical character.
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Others again, such as Christopher Hitchens, have been yet more cynical and critical when analysing the post-1945 era of co-operation.
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On a more cynical level, business-wise it really helps to be popular.
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A more cynical assessment would be that the Interception of Communications Act 1985 is a crude example of political management.
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The trouble is that the problem is proving to be more intractable than even the most cynical Democrats had feared.
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But even the most cynical agree that good fortune is the mark of every top-flight politician.
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The most cynical of men could not repudiate what had physically happened in front of thousands.
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There's enough drive and bite here to satisfy even the most cynical that Carter haven't worn themselves thin just yet.
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The most cynical of his detractors did not doubt that; the President had got carried away.
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It's an event which can not fail to impress even the most cynical Cruella de Vil.
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Many of those calls would have seemed harmless enough, even to the most cynical eavesdropper.
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Matt Salmon illustrate perfectly why voters today are so cynical about politics.
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Realities were not so simple, men neither so cynical , nor so naive.
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Within a year or two, the persona of the disaffected hipster would prove too cynical , too alienated to last.
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Too many of us don't have them anymore, either because we're too self-centered or too cynical .
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And yet to pretend that Nathaniel is our sole salvation is too cynical .
■ NOUN
smile
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A cynical smile crossed his face, hidden behind the lip of the beer glass.
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With what Mattie interpreted to be a cynical smile , the woman repeated in a most deliberately explicit manner her question.
view
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A cynical view would be that the West can act when it is in its interests.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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a cynical journalist
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an author with a cynical view of life
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I think movie stars just do charity work to get publicity - but maybe I'm too cynical .
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Since her divorce, she's become very cynical about men.
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They're using sex in a cynical attempt to sell more books.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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But even the most cynical agree that good fortune is the mark of every top-flight politician.
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Even if Robbie had been in the mood for laughter, it would have been a cynical mirth.
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I do not mean to appear fatalistic, self-pitying, cynical , or maudlin....
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Indeed, without specific performance consequences, most of us quickly grow cynical .
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Labour's agnostic compromise was too clumsy and seemed more like cynical calculation to voters.
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The most cynical of men could not repudiate what had physically happened in front of thousands.
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This is a clear indication of the effectiveness of the cynical propaganda used by political and military leaders.