Related Clues:

• One who questions the worth of anything
• Sceptic close to army blocks top officer's rise
• Pessimistic sort
• 'A man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin,' per H. L. Mencken
• Pessimistic person
• Suspicious sort
• Like old characters in game, less than completely pleasant
• Some fancy nice person holding sceptical views
• One dismissive of human motives
• One 'whose faulty vision sees things as they are, not as they ought to be,' per Ambrose Bierce
• Jaded one
• "Scratch any ___ and you will find a disappointed idealist": George Carlin
• Fancy niche accommodation for sceptic
• One doesn't believe in fancy niceties
• One who takes a pessimistic view of human goodness or sincerity