Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. One who predicts calamity at every opportunity.
Wiktionary
- n. One who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom.
Etymologies
- doom + sayer (Wiktionary)
Examples
“And they make a habit of referring to any climate scientist who expresses fear over a warmer future as a "doomsayer" - a bit of a loaded term.”
“This president has gone from a cool calculating review the data kind of guy to a "we have to do it now or else" doomsayer.”
“Some of us remember you very well Jimbo and we know we all have feet of clay but please just do everyone a favor and do not resurrect the sad doomsayer of the beginning of the 21st Century who couild not have been more wrong if he had been Charlie Manson predicting his "Helter Skelter" race war.”
“Mr. Klamer recalls that many regarded him as "a doomsayer or an idiot.”
“But it's not just the gay bashing that I find annoying but the constant strain of doomsayer rhetoric:”
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“Also, the next time the market dropped after said realistic forecast, Obama would be cursed as a doomsayer.”
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“Now, however, there was a doomsayer beating his drum.”
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“Whether that's a fair characterization is anybody's guess, but what's newsworthy is that Krugman, who has now openly allied himself with the doomsayer fraternity with his depression forecast, is picking up supporters.”
The Huffington Post: Dan Dorfman: Dreaded 'D' Word Picking Up Steam
“I've been called a skeptic, an alarmist, and a doomsayer because the focus of most of my technology blogging is on the risks of and what's wrong with technology.”
The Huffington Post: Technology: The Law of Unintended Consequences
“I know, I know - such a doomsayer - which is why I'll be voting for every Democrat I can find on my ballot, even as I rage against their willingness to sell their first born at half price to any tacky corporation that will have them.”
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