How do you pronounce "fearmonger"?

Pronounced //ˈfɪəmʌŋɡə//.

Fearmonger

Q: What is a synonym for "fearmonger"?

Common synonyms include: alarmist, fearmongerer, panicmonger, scaremonger, alarmist, scaremonger.

//ˈfɪəmʌŋɡə// noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
Someone who spreads fear.
"I think the Tea Partiers, despite their contradictions, are not all wrong about Big Government. But I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate."

Verb

1
To spread fear. intransitive

Synonyms

All synonyms

alarmist fearmongerer panicmonger scaremonger alarmist scaremonger

Antonyms

All antonyms

coward hero optimist

Example

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"I think the Tea Partiers, despite their contradictions, are not all wrong about Big Government. But I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From fear + monger (“dealer in a specific commodity; (by extension) person promoting something undesirable”).

Etymology 2

Back-formation from fearmongering.

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