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SCAREMONGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does scaremonger mean?
• SCAREMONGER (noun)
The noun SCAREMONGER has 1 sense:
1. a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
Familiarity information: SCAREMONGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
scaremonger; stirrer
Hypernyms ("scaremonger" is a kind of...):
alarmist (a person who alarms others needlessly)
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