Doomsaying
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Doomsaying is a noun meaning The action of making dire predictions about the future.
Meaning
The action of making dire predictions about the future.
More Meanings
- present participle and gerund of doomsay
Example Sentences
The idea of a merchant selling both totems of pure evil and frozen yogurt (he calls it frogurt!) is amusing in itself, as is the idea that frogurt could be cursed, but it’s really the Shopkeeper’s quicksilver shift from ominous doomsaying to chipper salesmanship that sells the sequence.
Word Forms
- doomsayings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include foreboding, forboding, doom, doome, southsaying, augury.
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