alarmist

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/əˈlɑːrmɪst/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/əˈlɑrmɪst/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(ə lär′mist)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
a•larm•ist /əˈlɑrmɪst/USA pronunciation   n. 
    [countable]
  1. a person who is easily alarmed and tends to raise alarms without sufficient reason.

adj. 
  1. of or like an alarmist.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
a•larm•ist  (ə lär′mist),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a person who tends to raise alarms, esp. without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.

adj. 
  1. of or like an alarmist.
  • alarm + -ist 1795–1805
a•larm′ism, n. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
alarmist / əˈlɑːmɪst/
  1. a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds
  2. a person who is easily alarmed
  1. characteristic of an alarmist

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