悲観
ひかん · hikan · JLPT N1 · noun
pessimism
🌧️ 悲 = sad + 観 = view: a sad view of things, i.e. pessimism
The same 観 appears in 楽観 (rakkan, optimism), its opposite. Disappointment is the mood behind the gloomy outlook, so a sad view tends to expect the worst.