scaremonger
Americannoun
noun
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- scaremongering noun
Etymology
Origin of scaremonger
Example Sentences
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Yet the issue with weather influencers, Prof Angus notes, is their tendency to scaremonger, as social media weather forecaster Higgins Storm Chasing, also based in Townsville, has been criticised for.
From BBC
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.
From BBC
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.
From Seattle Times
For this he was treated as a scaremonger, even a crank.
From Seattle Times
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.
From Seattle Times
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