"negative Nancy" meaning in English

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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2001, Sara Jane Sluke, Vanessa Torres, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing with Stress for Teens\n\"Be wary of being a Negative Nancy.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Angela Winters, Dangerous Memories - Page 133",
          "text": "\"You're being negative Nancy today,\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "Date uncertain, B. Jain Publishers, Cosmic Love - Page 15",
          "text": "\"Finally, if you tell a Negative Nancy about your secret plans, she might doubt that you'll get your heart's desire.\""
        }
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        "A person who is considered excessively and disagreeably pessimistic."
      ],
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          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "pessimistic",
          "pessimistic"
        ]
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        "(derogatory, informal) A person who is considered excessively and disagreeably pessimistic."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Debbie Downer"
        },
        {
          "word": "negative Ned"
        },
        {
          "word": "negative Nelly"
        },
        {
          "word": "whining Willy"
        }
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "informal"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
          "word": "滿滿負能量的人"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "mǎnmǎn fù néngliàng de rén",
          "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
          "word": "满满负能量的人"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
          "tags": [
            "rare"
          ],
          "word": "negatiivinen niilo"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "poupée qui fait non"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "pisse-froid"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "negative Nancy"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "2001, Sara Jane Sluke, Vanessa Torres, The Complete Idiot's Guide to Dealing with Stress for Teens\n\"Be wary of being a Negative Nancy.\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "2002, Angela Winters, Dangerous Memories - Page 133",
          "text": "\"You're being negative Nancy today,\""
        },
        {
          "ref": "Date uncertain, B. Jain Publishers, Cosmic Love - Page 15",
          "text": "\"Finally, if you tell a Negative Nancy about your secret plans, she might doubt that you'll get your heart's desire.\""
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who is considered excessively and disagreeably pessimistic."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "pessimistic",
          "pessimistic"
        ]
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        "(derogatory, informal) A person who is considered excessively and disagreeably pessimistic."
      ],
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        "derogatory",
        "informal"
      ]
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "Debbie Downer"
    },
    {
      "word": "negative Ned"
    },
    {
      "word": "negative Nelly"
    },
    {
      "word": "whining Willy"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
      "word": "滿滿負能量的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "mǎnmǎn fù néngliàng de rén",
      "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
      "word": "满满负能量的人"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
      "tags": [
        "rare"
      ],
      "word": "negatiivinen niilo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "poupée qui fait non"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who is considered excessively pessimistic",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pisse-froid"
    }
  ],
  "word": "negative Nancy"
}