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doomsayer — [n] alarmist Chicken Little, doom merchant, pessimist, scaremonger; concepts 412,423 … New thesaurus
doomsayer — ☆ doomsayer [do͞om′sā΄ər ] n. a person disposed to predicting catastrophe, disaster, etc … English World dictionary
doomsayer — UK [ˈduːmˌseɪə(r)] / US [ˈdumseɪər] noun [countable] Word forms doomsayer : singular doomsayer plural doomsayers informal someone who always says that bad things will happen … English dictionary
doomsayer — noun Date: 1953 one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity • doomsaying noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
doomsayer — doomsaying, adj., n. /doohm say euhr/, n. a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster. [1950 55; DOOM + SAY + ER1; cf. NAYSAYER, SOOTHSAYER] * * * … Universalium
doomsayer — noun One who makes dire predictions about the future … Wiktionary
doomsayer — I (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. Cassandra, *Chicken Little, gloomy Gus, alarmist, voice of doom, prophet of doom, pessimist. II (Roget s Thesaurus II) noun A prophet of misfortune or disaster: Cassandra, pessimist, worry wart. See HOPE … English dictionary for students
doomsayer — doom|say|er [ˈdu:mˌseıə US ər] n especially AmE also doomster BrE someone who says that bad things are going to happen … Dictionary of contemporary English
doomsayer — doom|say|er [ dumseıər ] noun count AMERICAN INFORMAL someone who always says that bad things will happen … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
doomsayer — noun chiefly N. Amer. a doomster. Derivatives doomsaying noun … English new terms dictionary
