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Meanings of scaremonger in English

A person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble.

Usage of scaremonger in English
1
I don't see this as the figment of a scaremonger's imagination.
The Guardian
2
You cannot scaremonger people into wanting to explore a religion.
The Guardian
3
You don't talk facts, you talk prejudice, you scaremonger, you put fear in people's hearts.
The Guardian
4
I regard that as an utterly irresponsible statement made for no reason other than to scaremonger.
The Irish Times
5
Or, to avoid being a scaremonger, it brings about the thing we are afraid of: a nasty recession.
The Guardian
6
He said: This is scaremongering in its most extreme and vile form.
The Guardian
7
This is scaremongering that fails to address the root of the problem.
The Irish Times
8
But Associate Minister of Conservation Kate Wilkinson says the group is scaremongering.
Radio NZ
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It's scaremongering like this that leads to the extinction of harmless creatures.
The Irish Times
10
For the short term, however, Next's analysis should quieten the scaremongers.
The Guardian
11
It looks the right may have been scaremongering again over the 50p rate.
The Guardian
12
Qatari politicians dismiss as scaremongering the notion of a capital flight.
Reuters
13
That is not my low-road scenario for both countries, nor is it scaremongering.
The South African
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On the other hand, maybe these accusations of scaremongering are themselves just scaremongering?
The Guardian
15
Robson and Stewart have both been told they are scaremongering.
The Guardian
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As both scaremongers and marketing departments know, parental concern is a lucrative seam to mine.
The Guardian
Scaremonger through the time