Doomster
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Doomster is a noun meaning Someone who predicts doom.
Meaning
Someone who predicts doom.
More Meanings
- (Scotland, archaic) A judge; a deemster.
Example Sentences
"We have to demonstrate to the doomsters at the Treasury that we can manage this properly," Steer warns.
The Tory leadership candidate Rishi Sunak has rejected accusations from his successor as chancellor of being a “doomster” on the economy, as he pushed his plan to cut income tax by 20% by the end of the decade.
Breathe not, hid Heart: cease silently, / And though thy birth-hour beckons thee, / Sleep the long sleep: / The Doomsters heap / Travails and teens around us here, / And Time-wraiths turn our songsingings to fear.
Chase and Pleasant may have been innocents, but they were smarter than the doomsters who predicted that Chase would lose her fortune, for their New York company, the Ballet Theatre (later the American Ballet Theatre), got off to a phenomenally successful start.
Word Forms
- doomsters
Synonyms for doomster
Depending on context, synonyms include doomsayer, doomer, pessimist.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include purblind, doom-monger, doomsayer, doomsdayer, doomsman, prognosticator.
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