cynical

Preposition: about

• politician: I don't think that we should be particularly surprised that the public are cynical about politicians ' promises on tax.
• politics: No wonder so many young people are cynical about politics.

Infinitive complement

• suggest: Would it be unduly cynical to suggest that the Courts are being a trifle schizophrenic about the JSB Guidelines?
• believe: I am not cynical enough to believe this is deliberate, I just don't think these guys are up to it.

Modifies a noun

• ploy: Critics said the warning was a cynical ploy to boost sales.
• opportunism: Cynical opportunism often hides the despair: " Let's seize the moment and grab all we can.
• disregard: Stalin's cynical disregard for the world working class, led him into the pact with Hitler.
• manipulation: Its support for the cynical manipulation by the US of its power of veto in the UN Security Council is bringing increasing international condemnation.
• maneuver: The working class and all progressive people must condemn Blair's government for its cynical maneuvers.
• exploitation: Is this just cynical exploitation due to the fact that this is where the cheapest kids ' tickets are?

Modifying Another Word

• overly: But we must NOT feel cut off from this political process and grow overly cynical.
• somewhat: Own states to somewhat cynical question are the implications.
• deeply: Paul Watson has become deeply cynical of the politics within institutionalized broadcasting.
• utterly: We Greens find the government's attitude utterly cynical.
• rather: Perhaps rather cynical, these views seemed to have some sort of root in reality.
• incredibly: The collapse of the former Yugoslavia has been aided and abetted by the various Western powers using incredibly cynical maneuvers.

Used with adjective complement

• seem: At first, he seems entirely cynical about this.
• appear: He said that smaller organizations appeared cynical about ' key skills ' as understood by learning providers.
• become: You tend to become cynical about the whole thing.
• remain: But the University Of Sussex's Michael Bull remained cynical about the mobile sector's chances.