fearmonger
See also: fear monger
English
Etymology
Noun
fearmonger (plural fearmongers)
- 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
Related terms
- monger and its derived terms
Translations
alarmist — see alarmist
Verb
fearmonger (third-person singular simple present fearmongers, present participle fearmongering, simple past and past participle fearmongered)
- To spread fear.