as in Cassandra
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity
doomsayers had been warning for some time that the housing bubble was going to burst
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He’s known as a kind of technological monk, oscillating between prankster and doomsayer.
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
But given the dismal prognostication record of climate doomsayers — wasn’t New York City supposed to be under water by now?
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Their mini-quests provide a bit of decent action here and there, as well as plenty of principled banter between a blinkered optimist (Lucy) and jaded doomsayer (Ghoul).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Even Josephides, the tourism industry doomsayer, thinks recovery is possible.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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Zachary Fine, New Yorker, 9 Feb. 2026
But given the dismal prognostication record of climate doomsayers — wasn’t New York City supposed to be under water by now?
—Editorial, Boston Herald, 25 Dec. 2025
Their mini-quests provide a bit of decent action here and there, as well as plenty of principled banter between a blinkered optimist (Lucy) and jaded doomsayer (Ghoul).
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 16 Dec. 2025
Even Josephides, the tourism industry doomsayer, thinks recovery is possible.
—Julia Buckley, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025
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“Doomsayer.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomsayer. Accessed 28 Apr. 2026.
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