alarmist
- a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
- of or like an alarmist.
Origin of alarmist
Examples from the Web for alarmist
Contemporary Examples of alarmist
But no longer seen as alarmist, MSF are the heroes with GOAL, an Irish NGO, and the International Medical Corps among others.
I agree, of course, that health advice is alarmist, and increasingly contradictory.
They're not, but the alarmist numbers are more likely to get media attention.
Brzezinski is by no means an alarmist of the “yellow-peril” strain in American history.
The best news for friends of Israel in the AIPAC speech is that Obama shares the alarmist view of an Iranian nuclear weapon.
Historical Examples of alarmist
In short, he acted as an alarmist, not as a dispenser of justice.
William Pitt and the Great WarJohn Holland Rose
Oh, I was afraid of appearing an alarmist, and I thought it might be only a patrol.
The Regent's DaughterAlexandre Dumas (Pere)
Then he swore at the alarmist: "You blamed monkey," he pointed to the cottonwood.
Laramie Holds the RangeFrank H. Spearman
I am no alarmist and I do not presume to say that there will be serious trouble.
An African AdventureIsaac F. Marcosson
"Watch the depots," was the unanimous cry that followed this alarmist statement.
HomesteadArthur G. Burgoyne
alarmist
- a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds
- a person who is easily alarmed
- characteristic of an alarmist