doomsaying

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noun

The action of making dire predictions about the future

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Meanings

noundoomsaying (usually uncountable, plural doomsayings)

plural doomsayings

  1. uncountableusuallyThe action of making dire predictions about the future

    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.

    2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), archived from the original on 15 Aug 2012
verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of doomsay

Origin

From doom + saying.

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doomsaying. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doomsaying

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doomsaying,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doomsaying.

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