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doomsaying

doomsaying noun: the action of making dire predictions about the future. Also the present participle and gerund of doomsay.

Noun

doomsaying (usually uncountable, plural doomsayings)

  1. (usually) The action of making dire predictions about the future
    • The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)

Also used as

doomsaying is also the present participle and gerund of doomsay.

Forms of doomsaying

pluraldoomsayings

Origin of doomsaying

From doom + saying.

Questions about doomsaying

What does doomsaying mean?
Doomsaying means the action of making dire predictions about the future.
What part of speech is doomsaying?
Doomsaying is a noun.
What is the plural of doomsaying?
The plural of doomsaying is doomsayings.

Words near doomsaying in the dictionary

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

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