alarmistadjective
uk/əˈlɑː.mɪst/us/əˈlɑːr.mɪst/disapprovingintentionally showing only the bad and dangerous things in a situation, and so worrying people:
The government has dismissed newspaper reports of 200 dead as being alarmist.
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Exaggerating & playing down
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- talk sth down
- understatement
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alarmistnoun [ C ]
uk/əˈlɑː.mɪst/us/əˈlɑːr.mɪst/disapprovingsomeone who makes people worried by telling them about bad or dangerous things when it is not necessary or helpful
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Exaggerating & playing down
- blow sth out of proportion idiom
- drama queen
- dramatize
- exaggeration
- lard
- lay
- make a meal (out) of sth idiom
- make much of sth idiom
- make sth of sth
- meal
- over-egg the pudding idiom
- overboard
- overplay
- overstatement
- pad
- pudding
- stretch
- stretch the truth idiom
- talk sth down
- understatement
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