Definitions

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  • noun The action of making dire predictions about the future
  • verb Present participle of doomsay

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Examples

  • I think that your doomsaying is a little premature for such a major initiative in movie going.

    Is The Digital 3D Movie “Fad” Over? | /Film 2009

  • I recall the doomsaying PUMA-types who kept repeating "He is unelectable!!!"

    TPM Track Composite: Obama Takes Big Lead In Post-Veep Debate Polls 2009

  • Internode network engineer Mark Newton has shed some technical light on so-called "doomsaying"

    ZDNet Australia 2010

  • In the Washington Post yesterday, conservative columnist George Will chastised Energy Secretary Stephen Chu for "doomsaying" about global warming, arguing that concerns about climate change are just "eco-pessimism."

    Think Progress 2009

  • In the Washington Post yesterday, conservative columnist George Will chastised Energy Secretary Stephen Chu for "doomsaying" about global warming, arguing that concerns about climate change are just "eco-pessimism."

    Think Progress 2009

  • In the Washington Post yesterday, conservative columnist George Will chastised Energy Secretary Stephen Chu for "doomsaying" about global warming, arguing that concerns about climate change are just "eco-pessimism."

    Think Progress 2009

  • In the Washington Post yesterday, conservative columnist George Will chastised Energy Secretary Stephen Chu for "doomsaying" about global warming, arguing that concerns about climate change are just "eco-pessimism."

    Think Progress 2009

  • In the Washington Post yesterday, conservative columnist George Will chastised Energy Secretary Stephen Chu for "doomsaying" about global warming, arguing that concerns about climate change are just "eco-pessimism."

    Think Progress 2009

  • In the Washington Post yesterday, conservative columnist George Will chastised Energy Secretary Stephen Chu for "doomsaying" about global warming, arguing that concerns about climate change are just "eco-pessimism."

    Think Progress 2009

  • In the Washington Post yesterday, conservative columnist George Will chastised Energy Secretary Stephen Chu for "doomsaying" about global warming, arguing that concerns about climate change are just "eco-pessimism."

    Think Progress 2009

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