"calamity howler" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: calamity howlers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} calamity howler (plural calamity howlers)
  1. (US, slang, dated) A person who makes dismal predictions about future catastrophe; a doomsayer. Tags: US, dated, slang
    Sense id: en-calamity_howler-en-noun-chCBKqV5 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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