fearmonger

Other forms: fearmongering

Definitions of fearmonger
  1. noun
    a person who spreads frightening rumors and stirs up trouble
    synonyms: scaremonger, stirrer
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    type of:
    alarmist
    a person who alarms others needlessly
  2. verb
    spread frightening rumors and stir up trouble
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