SINCE 1828
crepehanger
noun
variants:
or less commonly crapehanger \ ˈkrāp+ˌ- \
Definition of crepehanger
: one who takes a pessimistic view of things : killjoy
man is doomed, say the crepehangers, to overpopulate his planet — Time
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