Synonyms for alarmist

Grammar : Noun

Spell : uh-lahr-mist

Phonetic Transcription : əˈlɑr mɪst

Définition of alarmist

Origin : "one addicted to sounding alarms," 1793, from alarm (n.) + -ist.

noun person who spreads alarm

Example sentences :

In short, he acted as an alarmist, not as a dispenser of justice.
Extract from : « William Pitt and the Great War » by John Holland Rose

Oh, I was afraid of appearing an alarmist, and I thought it might be only a patrol.
Extract from : « The Regent's Daughter » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)

Then he swore at the alarmist: "You blamed monkey," he pointed to the cottonwood.
Extract from : « Laramie Holds the Range » by Frank H. Spearman

I am no alarmist and I do not presume to say that there will be serious trouble.
Extract from : « An African Adventure » by Isaac F. Marcosson

"Watch the depots," was the unanimous cry that followed this alarmist statement.
Extract from : « Homestead » by Arthur G. Burgoyne

These were welcomed by Punch as a letting-off of alarmist steam.
Extract from : « Mr. Punch's History of Modern England, Vol. I (of 4).--1841-1857 » by Charles L. Graves

This is not said with any wish on the part of the writer to be considered an alarmist.
Extract from : « The History of Prostitution » by William W. Sanger

The alarmist tells us that armaments are our only sure guarantee of peace.
Extract from : « The Fall of a Nation » by Thomas Dixon

I am rather the other way, so they call me a cynic and an alarmist.
Extract from : « The Half-Hearted » by John Buchan

No one desires to be thought an alarmist, least of all on the frontier where there is always danger.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

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