as in Cassandra
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity
doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst
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Bruckheimer is not one of the doomsayers foretelling the end of movies.
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
But assuming Middle East oil continues to flow, Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at Gas Buddy, challenged gas price doomsayers on social media, predicting that prices would go up, but not surge and likely would remain below $4 a gallon.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 23 June 2025
Plus, the doomsayers are missing critical details set to kick gold higher.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
That’s not my prediction, but the chorus of doomsayers is growing louder.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
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Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 27 June 2025
But assuming Middle East oil continues to flow, Patrick De Haan, the head of petroleum analysis at Gas Buddy, challenged gas price doomsayers on social media, predicting that prices would go up, but not surge and likely would remain below $4 a gallon.
—Frank Witsil, Freep.com, 23 June 2025
Plus, the doomsayers are missing critical details set to kick gold higher.
—Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 4 June 2025
That’s not my prediction, but the chorus of doomsayers is growing louder.
—Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 12 Mar. 2025
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“Doomsayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsayer. Accessed 15 Feb. 2026.
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