Even from the doomsayers you hear reflections of hope. Nobody wants "it" to happen. In his darkest moments, man is aware that, while he may be limited, humankind need not be.
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Doomsayer
//ˈdumˌseɪ.ɚ//
Synonyms for "doomsayer" (12 found)
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Noun(2 words)
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Related words (6)
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8 entriesTranslations
19 translations across 13 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُنْذِرُ الشُّؤم noun (one who predicts doom)
Danish
1 entries- dommedagsprofet noun (one who predicts doom)
Dutch
3 entries- doemprofeet noun (one who predicts doom)
- ondergangsprofeet noun (one who predicts doom)
- onheilsprofeet noun (one who predicts doom)
Finnish
1 entries- tuomiopäivän profeetta noun (one who predicts doom)
French
2 entries- apocalyptique noun (one who predicts doom)
- catastrophiste noun (one who predicts doom)
Galician
1 entries- agoireiro noun (one who predicts doom)
German
2 entries- Apokalyptiker noun (one who predicts doom)
- Untergangsprophet noun (one who predicts doom)
Italian
1 entries- catastrofista noun (one who predicts doom)
Macedonian
1 entries- про́кобник noun (one who predicts doom)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- dommedagsprofet noun (one who predicts doom)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- dommedagsprofet noun (one who predicts doom)
Spanish
2 entries- agorero noun (one who predicts doom)
- catastrofista noun (one who predicts doom)
Swedish
2 entries- domedagsprofet noun (one who predicts doom)
- olyckskorp noun (one who predicts doom)
Sample sentences
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4: THE DOOMSAYERS¶ So many people have written so many books and articles forecasting doom at the end of the twentieth century that we cannot possibly do credit to all of them here.
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He is not a doomsayer or a conspiracy theorist. A ceramist, Mr. Kunze simply inhabits a longer view of history, one in which humans are the dinosaurs, facing down a probable extinction.
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Critics of the doomsayers, meanwhile, are becoming more outspoken.
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