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doomsayer

UK/ˈduːmˌseɪ.ə//ˈdumˌseɪ.ɚ/

doomsayer noun: one who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom.

Noun

doomsayer (plural doomsayers)

  1. One who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom.
    • Even from the doomsayers you hear reflections of hope. Nobody wants "it" to happen. In his darkest moments, man is aware that, while he may be limited, humankind need not be.1970, Frank Herbert, New world or no world, page 141
    • 4: THE DOOMSAYERS¶ So many people have written so many books and articles forecasting doom at the end of the twentieth century that we cannot possibly do credit to all of them here.1983, John R. Gribbin, Stephen H. Plagemann, Beyond the Jupiter effect, page 76

doomsayer meaning in Arabic

doomsayer in Arabic

one who predicts doom
مُنْذِرُ الشُّؤم

Examples of doomsayer in a sentence

  • He is not a doomsayer or a conspiracy theorist.2020 December 31, Lauren Jackson, “News That Can Last a Million Years”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  • Critics of the doomsayers, meanwhile, are becoming more outspoken.2023 November 25, Richard Waters, John Thornhill, “Tech’s philosophical rift over AI”, in FT Weekend (Big Read section), London: The...

Synonyms of doomsayer

Forms of doomsayer

pluraldoomsayers

Origin of doomsayer

From doom + sayer.

Words formed from doomsayer

Questions about doomsayer

What does doomsayer mean?
Doomsayer means one who makes dire predictions about the future; one who predicts doom.
What is doomsayer in Arabic?
Doomsayer in Arabic is مُنْذِرُ الشُّؤم. See Doomsayer meaning in Arabic.
How do you use doomsayer in a sentence?
He is not a doomsayer or a conspiracy theorist.
What part of speech is doomsayer?
Doomsayer is a noun.
How do you pronounce doomsayer?
Doomsayer is pronounced /ˈduːmˌseɪ.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of doomsayer?
The plural of doomsayer is doomsayers.

Words near doomsayer in the dictionary

  1. doomposting
  2. doomposts
  3. dooms
  4. doomsaid
  5. doomsay
  6. doomsayer
  7. doomsayers
  8. doomsaying
  9. doomsayings
  10. doomsays
  11. doomscroll

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