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scaremongered

scaremongered is the simple past and past participle of scaremonger.

Meaning of scaremonger

Verb

scaremonger (third-person singular simple present scaremongers, present participle scaremongering, simple past and past participle scaremongered)

  1. To spread worrying rumours.
    • We're not scaremongering / This is really happening, happening2000, “Idioteque”, in Kid A, performed by Radiohead

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Questions about scaremongered

What is scaremongered the simple past and past participle of?
Scaremongered is the simple past and past participle of scaremonger.

Words near scaremongered in the dictionary

  1. scareheading
  2. scareheads
  3. scareless
  4. scarelore
  5. scaremonger
  6. scaremongered
  7. scaremongerer
  8. scaremongerers
  9. scaremongering
  10. scaremongers
  11. scaremongery

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