"fearmonger" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪə(ɹ)ˌmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fearmonger.wav Forms: fearmongers [plural]
Etymology: From fear + monger. Etymology templates: {{com|en|fear|monger}} fear + monger Head templates: {{en-noun}} fearmonger (plural fearmongers)
  1. Someone who spreads fear. Categories (topical): Fear, People Synonyms: alarmist, panicmonger, scaremonger, fearmonger, scaremonger, alarmist Hypernyms: person Related terms: fearmongering, daunter, discourager, intimidator, overwhelmer, pessimist, terrorist, fear, frighten
    Sense id: en-fearmonger-en-noun-Cy62FhFt Disambiguation of Fear: 73 27 Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Categories (other): English back-formations, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English back-formations: 85 15 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 93 7 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 86 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 85 15
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fear monger [noun, verb]
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈfɪə(ɹ)ˌmʌŋɡə(ɹ)/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-fearmonger.wav Forms: fearmongers [present, singular, third-person], fearmongering [participle, present], fearmongered [participle, past], fearmongered [past]
Etymology: Back-formation from fearmongering. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|fearmongering}} Back-formation from fearmongering Head templates: {{en-verb}} fearmonger (third-person singular simple present fearmongers, present participle fearmongering, simple past and past participle fearmongered)
  1. To spread fear. Translations (Translations): lietsoa pelkoa (Finnish), siać strach [imperfective] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-fearmonger-en-verb-zHzkfoNj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: fear monger [noun, verb]
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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