Chicken Little
noun
: one who warns of or predicts calamity especially without justification
Synonyms
- Cassandra
- doomsayer
- doomsdayer
- doomster
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Example Sentences
some called him Chicken Little, but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming
Word History
Etymology
from the fable in which a chick attempts to warn other barnyard animals that the sky is falling after she is struck on the head by a chance falling object
First Known Use
1895, in the meaning defined above
Chicken Littles
noun
as in Cassandras
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity some called him Chicken Little, but the climatologist had the data to back up his warning on global warming Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- Cassandras
- doomsdayers
- doomsayers
- doomsters
- handwringers
- defeatists
- fatalists
- naysayers
- negativists
- worrywarts
- worriers
- pessimists
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- optimists
- Pollyannas