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fearmonger¹

  • /ˈfɪəmʌŋɡə/ UK
  • /ˈfɪəɹˌmʌŋɡəɹ/ US

Where it comes from

From fear + monger (“dealer in a specific commodity; (by extension) person promoting something undesirable”).

noun fearmongers · fear-monger · fear monger

  1. Someone who spreads fear. I think the Tea Partiers, despite their contradictions, are not all wrong about Big Government. But I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate.

    Similar: alarmist, fearmongerer, panicmonger, scaremonger, fearmonger

Opposite: coward, hero, optimist

fearmonger²

  • /ˈfɪəmʌŋɡə/ UK
  • /ˈfɪəɹˌmʌŋɡəɹ/ US

Where it comes from

Back-formation from fearmongering.

verb fearmongers · fearmongering · fearmongered · fear-monger · fear monger

  1. intransitive To spread fear.

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noun

Opposite: coward, hero, optimist

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verb to spread fear

Portuguêsespalhar medo
Françaissemer la peur

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@misc{fearmonger_2026,
  title = {fearmonger},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/fearmonger},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}