"doomsay" meaning in English

See doomsay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: doomsays [present, singular, third-person], doomsaying [participle, present], doomsaid [participle, past], doomsaid [past]
Etymology: Back-formation of doomsayer. Etymology templates: {{backform|en|doomsayer}} Back-formation of doomsayer Head templates: {{en-verb|doomsays|doomsaying|doomsaid}} doomsay (third-person singular simple present doomsays, present participle doomsaying, simple past and past participle doomsaid)
  1. (intransitive) To make dire predictions about the future. Tags: intransitive Related terms: doomsaying, doomsayer

Inflected forms

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