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Meanings of alarmist in English

A person who expects the worst and looks on the downside of things.

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Examples for "pessimist"
Examples for "pessimist"
1
It is the cult of the pessimist, the gentle malice of disillusion.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
2
The pessimist always argues from a single instance to a general law.
Levels of Living / Essays on Everyday Ideals
3
The pessimist believes that forgetfulness and nothingness is the whole of man.
Mike Fletcher: A Novel
4
He was never more than a pessimist in theory at any time.
Mark Twain: A Biography. Volume II, Part 1: 1886-1900
5
This was the beginning of my acquaintance with the pessimist, Edmund Storm.
Ilka on the Hill-Top and Other Stories
1
Russia, another naysayer in the past, has been signalling some flexibility.
Reuters
2
The meditations of Martha Cochrane...the project's official naysayer...are worth any number of clever entertainments.
The new yorker
3
Cogan is not some EV-naysayer wedded to internal combustion.
Wired
4
I say to all the naysayers: The best is yet to come.
Super Sad True Love Story: A Novel
5
In recent years, Levitt and Dubner have attracted a number of naysayers.
The Guardian
1
I wondered if I'd ever learn not to be such a worrywart.
Norway to hide: a passport to peril mystery
2
Béla was a nice guy, but he was a worrywart.
Cauldron of Ghosts
3
So you gotta watch out for that worrywart, workaholic facet of your personality this week.
Ebony
4
For years Laura had called her a worrywart.
Running scared
5
One worrywart in the house is enough.
Wrangling the redhead
Usage of alarmist in English
1
He, on the contrary, took a more alarmist view of the situation.
Russia
2
One last resort the would-be patriotic alarmist seeks when all others fail.
Essays in War-Time: Further Studies in the Task of Social Hygien...
3
Sánchez-Bayo said the unusually strong language used in the review was not alarmist.
The Guardian
4
But I also know that General Mettlich is an alarmist; purred the Countess.
Long Live the King!
5
I am not being alarmist: I don't want it to happen.
The Guardian
6
The US National Weather Service is not noted for alarmist pronouncements.
The Irish Times
7
The worst enemy a Chief has to face in war is an alarmist.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume 1
8
This is the most alarmist article about space medicine that I've ever read.
Wired
9
In spite of alarmist publicity, most of these have occurred in urban areas.
The Irish Times
10
Dig into their argument, however, and it's less alarmist than it might appear.
Wired
11
Even some friends and allies tentatively called me alarmist and pessimistic.
Radio NZ
12
You could call it alarmist, and you would not be wrong.
The Guardian
13
Call me alarmist but those odds don't give me much comfort at all.
News.com.au
14
Therefore, the OECD's concern might seem premature and somewhat alarmist.
The Irish Times
15
But the Poultry Industry Association says such claims are alarmist.
Radio NZ
16
Had I wished to be alarmist, I would have written that a week ago.
The Irish Times
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