alarmist

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English

Etymology

From alarm +‎ -ist.

Pronunciation

Noun

alarmist (plural alarmists)

  1. One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
    Synonyms: fearmonger, panicmonger, scaremonger
    I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I do think you should prepare yourself for the worst.
    • 1939 November 20, “Canadian Secrecy”, in Time:
      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.

Derived terms

Translations

Adjective

alarmist

  1. Of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause.
    • 1979, Peter Flynn, Brazil: a political analysis, →ISBN, page 186:
      This deliberately alarmist scaremongery has since been repeated on various occasions, notably in Brazil before 1964 and in Chile under Allende.

Translations

Further reading

  • alarmist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French alarmiste

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aː.lɑrˈmɪst/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: alar‧mist
  • Rhymes: -ɪst

Noun

alarmist m (plural alarmisten, diminutive alarmistje n)

  1. alarmist

Derived terms

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alarmiste.

Noun

alarmist m (plural alarmiști)

  1. alarmist

Declension

singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (un) alarmist alarmistul (niște) alarmiști alarmiștii
genitive/dative (unui) alarmist alarmistului (unor) alarmiști alarmiștilor
vocative alarmistule alarmiștilor