alarmist

Speech parts

1. alarmist - Noun

2. alarmist - Adjective

Meaning

One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

warner confessor coward cynic jitterbug baby fearful pessimistic cassandra alarming horner pessimist killjoy doubter fatalist
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Antonyms

down-to-earth orderer positive happy comforter motivator
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Hypernyms

communicator

Hyponyms

stirrer scaremonger

Phrases with the word

alarmist talk

Anagrams

alastrim salatrim

Examples

According to Sherman, when New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, said that the state would need 30,000 ventilators at the apex of the coronavirus outbreak, Kushner decided that Cuomo was being alarmist. Source: Internet

“At the risk of sounding alarmist, I must express our very real concern,” Kluge said. Source: Internet

But the “red” rating from the Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety paints an inaccurately alarmist picture of the safety of Nevada roadways. Source: Internet

Both states believe CA has been alarmist in forecasting a bleak financial outlook for the game and standing down most of its staff on 20 per cent pay. Source: Internet

Features at the Center for Institutional Courage’s of a rally from “extinction rebellion,” a climate change alarmist effort. Source: Internet

He was right when he seemed to be the only alarmist in a political climate of complacency. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

alarmingly alarmingness alarmism alarmist talk alarmistic alarmistically