fearmonger

English

Noun

fearmonger (plural fearmongers)

1. Someone who spreads fear, or needlessly raises the alarm.
   • I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate. — Evan Thomas, Why It’s Time to Worry, Newsweek 2010-12-04

Synonyms

• alarmist
• scaremonger

Translations

alarmist — see alarmist

Verb

fearmonger (third-person singular simple present fearmongers, present participle fearmongering, simple past and past participle fearmongered)

1. To spread fear.

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