Alarmist
a person who tends to raise , especially without sufficient reason, as by exaggerating dangers or prophesying calamities.
of or like an alarmist.
Contemporary Examples
His 2008 campaign left the alarmist congressman with a fanatical following, a national organization, and clout.
Ron Paul’s 2012 Presidential Dilemma Patricia Murphy April 3, 2011
Brzezinski is by no means an alarmist of the “yellow-peril” strain in American history.
Does America Still Matter? Zbigniew Brzezinski’s ‘Strategic Vision’ Harold Evans July 5, 2012
They’re not, but the alarmist numbers are more likely to get media attention.
Department of Awful Statistics: Are Mass Shootings Really On the Rise? Megan McArdle January 27, 2013
But no longer seen as alarmist, MSF are the heroes with GOAL, an Irish NGO, and the International Medical Corps among others.
In Sierra Leone, the Plague Is Closing in Around Us Ned Eustace October 12, 2014
But the charges also often had an alarmist, breathless cast to them.
The New Political Violence Matthew Dallek April 8, 2010
Historical Examples
I am no alarmist and I do not presume to say that there will be serious trouble.
An African Adventure Isaac F. Marcosson
Oh, I was afraid of appearing an alarmist, and I thought it might be only a patrol.
The Regent’s Daughter Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
He who dares to shake the security by which we daily boast we are surrounded, is an alarmist, if not worse.
Lord Kilgobbin Charles Lever
“Watch the depots,” was the unanimous cry that followed this alarmist statement.
Homestead Arthur G. Burgoyne
The madness of the innovator and the madness of the alarmist had alike had their day.
The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 3. (of 4) Thomas Babington Macaulay
noun
a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds
a person who is easily alarmed
adjective
characteristic of an alarmist
n.
“one addicted to sounding alarms,” 1793, from alarm (n.) + -ist.
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