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Meaning of scaremonger | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.

Equivalents

Deutsch Angstmacher Angstmacherin Panikmacher Panikmacherin
Français alarmiste
Magyar vészmadár
Polski panikarz
Русский паникёр
Türkçe felaket tellalı
Українська панікер

Examples

“I have refrained from giving actual names and dates, for obvious reasons, and have therefore been compelled, even at the risk of being again denounced as a scaremonger, to present the facts in the form of fiction—fiction which, I trust, will point its own patriotic moral.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

scaremongerer scaremongering scaremongery Scarer Scares scareware

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