doom-and-gloom
Expecting the worst
Doom-and-gloom describes a pessimistic outlook that emphasizes the worst possible outcomes or focuses relentlessly on negative aspects of a situation.
It functions as both an adjective and a noun, often appearing in phrases like doom-and-gloom predictions or all this doom and gloom.
The expression typically carries a dismissive tone, suggesting the pessimism may be exaggerated or unwarranted.
The economists dismissed the doom-and-gloom forecasts as overblown.
Violent, large-scale disaster
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- doomsdayProphesied world's end
- collapseSudden structural failure
catastrophe · annihilation · revelation · post-apocalyptic · survivalism · dystopia · bunker · prepper
Disposition toward pessimism
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- defeatismAcceptance of inevitable failure
- despairTotal absence of hope
hopelessness · bleakness · doomscrolling · worst-case · naysayer · cassandra · killjoy · wet-blanket
Absence of light
- grimHarsh and foreboding
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- ominousSuggesting something bad approaches
- forebodingFearful anticipation of harm
menacing · sinister · shadowy · eerie · dismal · dreary · somber · morbid
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- presentimentVague sense of future events
- misgivingUneasy feeling of doubt
cataclysm
Violent, large-scale disaster
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- doomsdayProphesied world's end
collapse · catastrophe · annihilation · revelation · post-apocalyptic · survivalism · dystopia · bunker · prepper · fallout
negativity
Disposition toward pessimism
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- fatalismDoctrine of inevitable outcomes
- defeatismAcceptance of inevitable failure
despair · hopelessness · bleakness · doomscrolling · worst-case · naysayer · cassandra · killjoy · wet-blanket · glass-half-empty
dark
Absence of light
foreboding · menacing · sinister · shadowy · eerie · dismal · dreary · somber · morbid · macabre
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- presentimentVague sense of future events
misgiving · impending · looming · harbinger · portent · omen
doom-and-gloomoptimism
Tendency to expect good
hope · sunny outlook · bright side · rose-colored glasses · hopefulness
doom-and-gloomsunshine and rainbows
Unrealistic perpetual positivity
cheerfulness · good cheer · sweetness and light · brightness · buoyancy
doom, gloom, doomed, dooming, dooms, gloomy, gloomily, gloominess, glooms