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alarmist
[ uh-lahr-mist ]
noun
- a person who tends to raise alarms, especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
adjective
- of or like an alarmist.
alarmist
/ əˈɑːɪ /
noun
- a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds
- a person who is easily alarmed
adjective
- characteristic of an alarmist
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·i noun
Example Sentences
He also warns against the "alarmist" tone of the debate on climate change, which he says is "riven with irrationality".
Perhaps it’s alarmist to conflate the masculinity on display in “Warfare” and its promotional campaign with the rise in tradwife content.
Mari Barke, a member of the Orange County Board of Education, said critics are being unnecessarily alarmist as it relates to school districts that serve students through high school.
But Trump’s critics and other experts reject those defenses as alarmist, inaccurate and unduly dismissive of such policies’ downsides.
“I shared data and personal stories of how climate change affects marginalized communities, but she called it ‘alarmist nonsense,’” Mapendembe said.
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