OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 19354

cynical

/ˈsɪnɪkəl/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cínico • resabiado • resabioso • sotreta
Of or relating to the belief that human actions are motivated only or primarily by base desires or selfishness.
I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received.