see the glass half-empty (English, verb)
expansion: see the glass half-empty (third-person singular simple present sees the glass half-empty, present participle seeing the glass half-empty, simple past saw the glass half-empty, past participle seen the glass half-empty)
Senses:
glosses: To focus on what one does not have instead of what one has; to focus on the negative aspects of a situation; to adopt a pessimistic attitude towards life in general.
tags: figuratively
Forms:
form: sees the glass half-empty
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: seeing the glass half-empty
tags: participle
present
form: saw the glass half-empty
tags: past
form: seen the glass half-empty
tags: participle
past