What does fearmonger mean?
Fearmonger means Someone who spreads fear..
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/ˈfɪəmʌŋɡə/ · noun
Someone who spreads fear..
I think the Tea Partiers, despite their contradictions, are not all wrong about Big Government. But I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate.
Use fearmonger when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Fearmonger means Someone who spreads fear..
Common synonyms include alarmist, fearmonger, fearmongerer, panicmonger.
Possible antonyms include coward, hero, optimist.
I think the Tea Partiers, despite their contradictions, are not all wrong about Big Government. But I worry that, in time, a clever fearmonger could manipulate popular opinion into an electoral mandate.
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