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Definition of Alarmist
1. Noun. A person who alarms others needlessly.
Specialized synonyms: Scaremonger, Stirrer
Derivative terms: Alarm, Alarmism
Definition of Alarmist
1. n. One prone to sound or excite alarms, especially, needless alarms.
Definition of Alarmist
1. Noun. One who causes others to become alarmed without cause. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Alarmist
1. one who alarms others needlessly [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Alarmist
Literary usage of Alarmist
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. England Under the House of Hanover: Its History and Condition During the by Thomas Wright (1848)
"The print is explained by the following dialogue :— AN alarmist. ... John Bull
as he sat in his old easy chair, An alarmist came to him, and said in his ear ..."
2. Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior Including by Isabella Lucy Bird (1888)
"... Miserable Disappointment—Caught in a Typhoon—A Dense Fog—alarmist Rumours—A
... great anxiety about the rice crop, the air full of alarmist rumours, ..."
3. The Cambridge Modern History by John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton Acton, Ernest Alfred Benians, George Walter Prothero, Sir Adolphus William Ward (1907)
"alarmist reports of plots and revolutionary movements, supplied by agents whose
pay depended upon their zeal, poured in upon Metternich from all sides. ..."
4. The Lives of the Lord Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by John Campbell Campbell (1847)
"... and Loughborough nattered himself he had made ;nch an impression upon his own
friends, that the Duke of Portland, as the leader of the alarmist party, ..."
5. The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by Baron John Campbell Campbell (1851)
"... and Loughborough flattered himself he had made such an impression upon his
own friends, that the Duke of Portland, as the leader of the alarmist party, ..."
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