alarmist
🇺🇸
/əˈlɑːrmɪst/
🇬🇧
/əˈlɑːmɪst/
noun
R
someone who makes people scared or worried about something that might happen, even if there's no real reason to be scared
The news report said that the weather might be dangerous, but some people think the reporter is just being an alarmist.
adjective
R
making people scared or worried about something that might happen, even if there's no real reason to be scared
Some people think that the news report was alarmist because it made them scared of the weather, but it wasn't really that bad.
translation
someone who makes people scared or worried about something that might happen, even if there's no real reason to be scared
making people scared or worried about something that might happen, even if there's no real reason to be scared
Word Forms
Plural
alarmists