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Definition of doomsayer in English: doomsayernoun ˈduːmseɪəˈdo͞omˌsāər North American A person who predicts disaster. Example sentencesExamples - The doomsayers predict that the world is still hurtling towards a major catastrophe as resources run out.
- She apparently has made mincemeat of more than her share of doomsayers and detractors.
- At least some variants are still spreading today, albeit at a much slower rate than many of the Internet doomsayers predicted.
- As flawed as the human race is, we seem to be a lot better than the doomsayers think at muddling through.
- Although doomsayers predicted that the new baggage mandates would trigger chaos at airports, implementation went rather smoothly.
- Unfortunately for the doomsayers, their central predictions are simply not coming true.
- Perhaps you have already heard some doomsayers predict that a worldwide catastrophe will befall our planet on either April 6 or May 5 when some of the planets will be in alignment.
- Despite that, latest sales figures suggest the doomsayers who predicted mass pub closures when the law was introduced over six months ago were largely wrong.
- Here's another fact sure to be unpopular with the doomsayers: the survey was taken last Fall.
- Some years it drew out the doomsayers who predicted its demise.
- Will the upcoming planetary conjunction affect Earth, bringing about volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and floods, as today's doomsayers predict?
- And, yet, at every step we had countless doomsayers who predicted that this or that step would not be taken because of ‘security problems.’
- Fortunately, most of us disagree with these doomsayers.
- Quantity is not everything, but the doomsayers' view that the consumer is being denied a wide choice of books is hard to sustain.
- After last Friday's carnage, I almost gave in to doomsayers' predictions that the end of our financial system is nigh, but I have to admit, this was in a moment of little faith.
- There are the doomsayers who predict the collapse of the global ecosystem.
- Anyway, as I am sure you do not, don't listen to the doomsayers in the press.
- The doomsayers were having a field day, spreading their pessimistic philosophy of gloom and doom to every forum they could ooze their way into.
- The doomsayers are confusing a cyclical downturn with a permanent trend.
- Now that it's here, perhaps the doomsayers will pipe down a bit.
Synonyms defeatist, fatalist, alarmist, prophet of doom, cynic, doomster, gloom-monger, doom-monger, doomwatcher, cassandra
Derivativesnoun North American Their endless doomsaying can grow tiresome but more often it's fun to play along. Example sentencesExamples - This tract does much more than repeat the standard doomsaying one normally expects from those who support it.
- He lords this over her, berating her for every little slip-up, belittling even her successful activities and doomsaying any new ideas that she comes up with.
- Their track record of doomsaying isn't really very good.
- It has undoubtedly not escaped your notice that the godfather of optimism was a quack doctor and backwoods preacher, while the founder of the school of doomsaying was a legitimate philosopher.
Definition of doomsayer in US English: doomsayernounˈdo͞omˌsāər North American A person who predicts disaster, especially in politics or economics. （尤指政治或经济的）灾难预言者 Example sentencesExamples - Unfortunately for the doomsayers, their central predictions are simply not coming true.
- The doomsayers are confusing a cyclical downturn with a permanent trend.
- Will the upcoming planetary conjunction affect Earth, bringing about volcanic eruptions, earthquakes, and floods, as today's doomsayers predict?
- Although doomsayers predicted that the new baggage mandates would trigger chaos at airports, implementation went rather smoothly.
- She apparently has made mincemeat of more than her share of doomsayers and detractors.
- The doomsayers predict that the world is still hurtling towards a major catastrophe as resources run out.
- Anyway, as I am sure you do not, don't listen to the doomsayers in the press.
- There are the doomsayers who predict the collapse of the global ecosystem.
- Now that it's here, perhaps the doomsayers will pipe down a bit.
- And, yet, at every step we had countless doomsayers who predicted that this or that step would not be taken because of ‘security problems.’
- Some years it drew out the doomsayers who predicted its demise.
- Quantity is not everything, but the doomsayers' view that the consumer is being denied a wide choice of books is hard to sustain.
- Despite that, latest sales figures suggest the doomsayers who predicted mass pub closures when the law was introduced over six months ago were largely wrong.
- Here's another fact sure to be unpopular with the doomsayers: the survey was taken last Fall.
- At least some variants are still spreading today, albeit at a much slower rate than many of the Internet doomsayers predicted.
- Perhaps you have already heard some doomsayers predict that a worldwide catastrophe will befall our planet on either April 6 or May 5 when some of the planets will be in alignment.
- Fortunately, most of us disagree with these doomsayers.
- The doomsayers were having a field day, spreading their pessimistic philosophy of gloom and doom to every forum they could ooze their way into.
- After last Friday's carnage, I almost gave in to doomsayers' predictions that the end of our financial system is nigh, but I have to admit, this was in a moment of little faith.
- As flawed as the human race is, we seem to be a lot better than the doomsayers think at muddling through.
Synonyms defeatist, fatalist, alarmist, prophet of doom, cynic, doomster, gloom-monger, doom-monger, doomwatcher, cassandra
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