alarmist
/əˈlɑɹmɪst/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.56 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who causes others to become alarmed without cause.
Example Sentences
- "I don't mean to be an alarmist, but I do think you should prepare yourself for the worst."
- "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."
- "This deliberately alarmist scaremongery has since been repeated on various occasions, notably in Brazil before 1964 and in Chile under Allende."
Etymology
Etymology tree English alarm Proto-Indo-European *-id- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō) Proto-Hellenic *-tās Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs) Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor. Latin -istader. Old French -istebor. Middle English -ist English -ist English alarmist From alarm + -ist.
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /əˈlɑɹmɪst/