doomsayer
noun/ˈduːmseɪə(r)/
/ˈduːmseɪər/
(especially North American English) (British English also doomster
/ˈduːmstə(r)/
/ˈduːmstər/
)- a person who says that something very bad is going to happen
- Economic doomsayers said the stock market crash would plunge the nation into a recession.
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