"prophet of doom" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-prophet of doom.ogg [Australia] Forms: prophets of doom [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|prophets of doom}} prophet of doom (plural prophets of doom)
  1. (idiomatic) a pessimistic person who sees possible calamity in every situation. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: croaker, doomsayer, doomster, prophet of evil, prophet of woe Translations (pessimistic person): onheilsprofeet (Dutch), Schwarzseher (German), domedagsprofet [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-prophet_of_doom-en-noun-lR8xCobU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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