a person who circulates alarming rumors
scaremonger
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scaremonger
noun
One who spreads frightening rumors; an alarmist.
Related Forms:
- scare′mon′ger·ing
noun
THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Verb
(third-person singular simple present scaremongers, present participle scaremongering, simple past and past participle scaremongered)
- To spread worrying rumours.
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"scaremonger." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 06 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/scaremonger>.
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scaremonger. (n.d.). Retrieved December 06th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/scaremonger
