7 Verbs to Use for the Word cynic
Evil tongues still whispered in corners, and cynics were heard to scoff occasionally; but the larger world, which abhors cynics, and only believes what is good, began to smile upon her.
That there may be a sacred truth, loved, respected, adored; a truth that is worth more than life, to which one may give himself wholly and with happinessthis idea diverts the cynics and makes those whom the cruel experiences of life have rendered distrustful, shake their heads.
But that this vast landless population in the villages and country districtshungering as it is for some sure tenure and interest in the soilshould actually, as now, be berated and scolded by superior persons of the "upper" classes, and threatened with conscription if it does not "come forward" more readily, is a spectacle sufficient to gratify the most hardened cynic.
God hates a cynic.
But anxiety at that moment was the controlling impulse of the Right Bower, as a certain superstitious remorse was the instinct of the two others, and without heeding the cynic, the three started at a rapid pace for the cabin.
"So," cried the old gentleman, having made good his footing on the ground, as he stopped short and stared John in the face, "you have made out to come twenty miles to meet an old cynic, have you, sir?
" "Flummery!" observed the cynic, "I had a selfish motive: I wished to appear generousI wished to be praisedI wished to attach you to my service, in order to employ you, when the time came, in some rascally scheme.