Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who spreads frightening rumors; an alarmist.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Someone who
spreads worrying rumours or needlesslyalarms people. - verb To spread worrying rumours.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
Etymologies
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Examples
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I hate to "scaremonger," but this is where we've really, really gotten screwed.
Bob Dudley, BP CEO, Blames Media For Creating "Climate Of Fear" In Gulf
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I hate to "scaremonger," but this is where we've really, really gotten screwed.
Bob Dudley, BP CEO, Blames Media For Creating "Climate Of Fear" In Gulf
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I hate to "scaremonger," but this is where we've really, really gotten screwed.
Bob Dudley, BP CEO, Blames Media For Creating "Climate Of Fear" In Gulf
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I hate to "scaremonger," but this is where we've really, really gotten screwed.
Bob Dudley, BP CEO, Blames Media For Creating "Climate Of Fear" In Gulf
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Martin O'Malley (D) has accused Ehrlich of being a "scaremonger" on taxes.
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And Ehrlich was colorful as usual when asked about O'Malley's claim that he is being a "scaremonger" by telling people Democrats are planning a monumental tax increase after the election.
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He has accused Ehrlich of being a "scaremonger" on the issue of taxes.
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GOP should not "scaremonger" anymore cuz OBAMA'S doing the SCAREMONGERING already.
Polls Show Public Not Buying The Case For Terror Trials - Dan_McLaughlin’s blog - RedState
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It is just as unfair to characterise everyone who believes our future welfare is dependent on a Yes vote as a 'scaremonger' as it is to characterise everyone who believes our future welfare is dependent on a No vote as a loo-lah.
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"scaremonger" Bishops and priests are telling you about FOCA; the guy who seems to have changed his views on virtually every important topic of the day in order to back President-elect Obama is telling us that the legislation that Obama claims would be his first order of business is really not such a big deal after all.
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