cynic
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Mr. Riley’s column reminds me of Oscar Wilde’s definition of a cynic: “A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 23, 2026
Which is, a cynic might assume, exactly what Smith wished to do here.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2025
But the green cynic changes his tune once he's wowed by some of the low price products on offer.
From BBC • Nov. 8, 2025
A cynic might argue that, like pumpkin-flavored treats appearing in stores during the first week of August, these successes are merely the product of early excitement for the Halloween season.
From Salon • Oct. 23, 2025
He was the first cynic I had met.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
Vocabulary lists containing cynic
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