Collocations for cynical - adj.

be, feel, seem, sound
I hope I don't sound unduly cynical.

become, get, grow
remain

extremely, fairly, very, etc.
deeply
his deeply cynical attitude

completely, totally, utterly (esp. BrE)
overly, unduly
a little, slightly, etc.

about
I'm a little cynical about her motives.

Cynical is used with these nouns:
disregard, exercise, exploitation, eyebrow, laugh, manipulation, ploy, view