scaremonger
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scaremonger
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From scare + monger.
noun scaremongers
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Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.
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.
Similar: alarmist, fearmonger, panicmonger
verb scaremongers · scaremongering · scaremongered
- To spread worrying rumours. We're not scaremongering / This is really happening, happening
Translations
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noun alarmist — see also alarmist
| Français | alarmiste |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Panikmacher, Panikmacherin, Angstmacher, Angstmacherin |
| Română | alarmist |
| Русский | паникёр panikjór |
Talk about this word "scaremonger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/scaremonger. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. scaremonger. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/scaremonger "scaremonger." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/scaremonger.Cite this
@misc{scaremonger_2026,
title = {scaremonger},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/scaremonger},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
