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scaremonger
[ skair-mong-ger, -muhng- ]
noun
- a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
scaremonger
/ ˈ²õ°ìɛəˌ³¾ÊŒÅ‹É¡É™ /
noun
- a person who delights in spreading rumours of disaster
Derived Forms
- ˈ²õ³¦²¹°ù±ðËŒ³¾´Ç²Ô²µ±ð°ù¾±²Ô²µ, noun
Other 51³Ô¹Ï Forms
- ²õ³¦²¹°ù±ð·³¾´Ç²Ô·²µ±ð°ù·¾±²Ô²µ noun
51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins
Origin of scaremonger1
Example Sentences
He insists she’s always condemned fascism - but hits out at what he calls "an obsession" with the term, which he claims is whipped up by the left to scaremonger before elections.
It should matter that he went to the U.S.-Mexico border to scaremonger about immigrants, and that his companies face multiple lawsuits alleging horrible acts of racist discrimination.
For this he was treated as a scaremonger, even a crank.
May said he “did not want to be a scaremonger†and stressed that it was “very rare†for a dognapper to accost an owner while out on a walk with a dog.
Even if one disagrees, why label those who raise these important issues as “silly and strident†and “scaremongers†and leftists?
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