Doomsaying
noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The action of making dire predictions about the future uncountable, usually
"The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence."
- 1 present participle and gerund of doomsay form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence."
Etymology
From doom + saying.
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