scaremonger
Americannoun
noun
Other Word Forms
- 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
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
Even if one disagrees, why label those who raise these important issues as “silly and strident” and “scaremongers” and leftists?
From Washington Post
Instead of the 200 or more Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles that scaremongers had predicted, the Russians had just four.
From Washington Post
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