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单词 gloom-monger
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Definition of gloom-monger in English:

gloom-monger

noun
  • A person who spreads pessimistic reports or predictions.

    the gloom-mongers pointed to this news as evidence of an impending crisis
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Last week a former pupil of Epsom College in Surrey dumbfounded the gloom-mongers by floating a three-year-old low-cost airline, Air Asia.
    • Even when England are playing well, the gloom-mongers harp on about the greats of yesterday.
    • The gloom-mongers' despair over Christmas spending is turning into a self-fulfilling prophecy.
    • In the 1970s, he earned the dubious distinction of being a gloom-monger for repeatedly warning that inflation was dangerously embedded in the economy.
    • Other Fleet Street gloom-mongers promised a 'grim' or 'nightmare' year.
    Synonyms
    defeatist, fatalist, alarmist, prophet of doom, cynic, doomsayer, doomster, doom-monger, doomwatcher, cassandra
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