Meanings
plural alarmists
- One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I do think you should prepare yourself for the worst.
1 more example
No German troops were mobilized along Canada's border last week, no Canadian cities had been bombed, and only by the remotest flight of fancy could alarmists see the Dominion as a battleground.
1939 November 20, “Canadian Secrecy”, in TimeSynonyms: fearmonger, panicmonger, scaremonger
- Of or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause.
This deliberately alarmist scaremongery has since been repeated on various occasions, notably in Brazil before 1964 and in Chile under Allende.
1979, Peter Flynn, Brazil: a political analysis, →ISBN, page 186
Synonyms & antonyms
nounOne who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
Origin
Translations
Bulgarian паникьо́р
- паникьо́р (panikjór)one who causes others to become alarmed without cause
Catalan alarmista
- alarmistaone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
Czech alarmista, alarmistický
- alarmistaone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- alarmistickýof or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause
Esperanto alarmisto, alarmistino
- alarmistoone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- alarmistinoone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
Finnish alarmisti, pelon lietsoja
- alarmistione who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- pelon lietsojaone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
French alarmiste
- alarmisteone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
German Panikmacher, Panikmacherin
- Panikmacherone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- Panikmacherinone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- Alarmistone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- Alarmistinone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- Angstmacherone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- Angstmacherinone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- Panikverbreiterone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- Panikverbreiterinone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
Polish panikarz, panikarka
- panikarzone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- panikarkaone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- alarmistaone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- alarmistycznyof or relating to causing others to become alarmed without cause
Portuguese alarmista
- alarmistaone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
Russian аларми́ст, аларми́стка
- аларми́ст (alarmíst)one who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- аларми́стка (alarmístka)one who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- паникёр (panikjór)one who causes others to become alarmed without cause
- паникёрша (panikjórša)one who causes others to become alarmed without cause
Spanish alarmista
- alarmistaone who causes others to become alarmed without cause
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Cite this entry
alarmist. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarmist
“alarmist.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarmist. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alarmist,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarmist.
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