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Meaning of Henny Penny | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

One who panics at the slightest provocation.

Examples

The Henny Pennies who forecast doom and disaster thus have been proved hysterics who could use some est or encounter sessions to calm their anxieties.”
“I know that in some quarters I am regarded as a kind of wet blanket, a Henny Penny predicting doom and gloom.”
“On April 11, in a tense news conference during a period when the looting dominated the news, Rumsfeld dismissed the media by calling themHenny Pennies,” a reference to a children's tale in which the main character runs around, declaring that the sky is falling.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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