Question

Optimist is to cheerful as pessimist is to
A. gloomy
B. mean
C. petty
D. helpful

Answer 1

An optimist is cheerful while Pessimist is always gloomy. Hence the most appropriate answer should be a) Gloomy.

Answer 2

Answer:

Optimist is to cheerful as a pessimist is to gloomy.

Explanation:

An optimist is an individual who is to be confident or hopeful about the future and his outlook is cheerful. A pessimist is an individual who sees the bad things or believes the bad things going to happen and his outlook is gloomy. A pessimist does not have to be mean so the correct one is not choice b. Options c and d are wrong because neither adjective defines the opinion of a pessimist.