Disgust contempt
Cynical
Strength 2 of 4
A weary, knowing distance from people and their promises, half looking down on anyone who still believes them, as if you have seen through it all before.
In the body
- A flat half-smile
- Eyes rolling
- A shrug of the shoulders
- A heavy outbreath through the nose
Needs behind it
Softer and stronger
- Disapproving
- Cynical
- Contemptuous
- Loathing
Often confused with
Contemptuous
Cynical expects the worst and keeps a weary distance; contemptuous has already judged its target as lesser and looks down on it.
Disillusioned
Disillusioned is the fresh loss of a belief you once held; cynical is a settled expectation that people and motives will disappoint.