Chicken Littles

plural of Chicken Little
as in Cassandras
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity some called him Chicken Little, but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming

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“Chicken Littles.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/Chicken%20Littles. Accessed 13 Mar. 2025.

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