alarmist
/əˈlɑɹmɪst/
alarmist noun: one who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
Noun
alarmist (plural alarmists)
- One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
- I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I do think you should prepare yourself for the worst.
- No German troops were mobilized along Canada's border last week, no Canadian cities had been bombed, and only by the remotest flight of fancy could alarmists see the Dominion as a battleground.1939 November 20, “Canadian Secrecy”, in Time
- Synonyms:
- fearmonger, panicmonger, scaremonger
Adjective
alarmist
- Of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause.
- This deliberately alarmist scaremongery has since been repeated on various occasions, notably in Brazil before 1964 and in Chile under Allende.1979, Peter Flynn, Brazil: a political analysis, →ISBN, page 186
alarmist meaning in Tamil and Malayalam
alarmist in Tamil
- பொய் அரவம் எழுப்புபவர், வீண் பீதி பரப்புபவர், பீதிபரப்புகிற
alarmist in Malayalam
- doomster, scaremonger, gloom-monger
- അകാരണമായി ഭയപ്പെടുത്തുന്നവൻ, മനഃപൂർവ്വം ഭയപ്പെടുത്തുന്നവൻ, ഭയോത്പാദകൻ, ഭയം ജനിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ, സംഭ്രമകരമായ വാർത്തപ്രചരിപ്പിക്കുന്നവൻ, ഭീതിപരത്തുന്നവൻ
Examples of alarmist in a sentence
- The bodgie soon became a national bogey man, with alarmist newspaper reports about bodgie behaviour.
- Roach has not been a paid-up member of the alarmist camp.
- I believe I am not an overextreme alarmist — not an extremist.
Synonyms of alarmist
Forms of alarmist
| plural | alarmists |
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Origin of alarmist
From alarm + -ist.
Words formed from alarmist
Questions about alarmist
- What does alarmist mean?
- Alarmist means one who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
- What is alarmist in Tamil?
- Alarmist in Tamil is பொய் அரவம் எழுப்புபவர், வீண் பீதி பரப்புபவர், பீதிபரப்புகிற. See Alarmist meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is alarmist?
- Alarmist can be a noun or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce alarmist?
- Alarmist is pronounced /əˈlɑɹmɪst/ (US).
- What is the plural of alarmist?
- The plural of alarmist is alarmists.
Words near alarmist in the dictionary
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