doomsayer

[doom-sey-er] /ˈdumˌseɪ ər/

noun

a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.

Origin of doomsayer

1950-1955

1950-55; doom + say¹ + -er¹; cf. naysayer, soothsayer

Related forms

doomsaying, adjective, noun

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His prophecy kicked off a vertiginous frenzy of doomsaying, and he was thrown in jail by fearful Bolognese officials.

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