doomsayings
Forecasts of catastrophe
Doomsayings are gloomy predictions of disaster, catastrophe, or the end of things.
The word captures not just the content of such pronouncements but their repetitive, often unwelcome quality: I'm tired of all the doomsayings about the economy.
A person who habitually makes such predictions is a doomsayer.
Pervasive dimness or dejection
- despairTotal absence of hope
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- negativityDisposition toward pessimism
- defeatismAcceptance of inevitable failure
bleakness · fatalism · hopelessness · nihilism · melancholy · despondency · discouragement · disillusionment
Authoritative wisdom source
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- predictionForecast of coming events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
- prognosticationForetelling future events
harbinger · omen · portent · augury · divination · soothsayer · seer · warning
Violent, large-scale disaster
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
- collapseSudden structural failure
apocalypse · revelation · catastrophe · decimation · ruination · obliteration · desolation · holocaust
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- uneaseMild persistent worry
- anxietyPersistent apprehensive distress
misgiving · premonition · warning · menace · threat · impending · looming · shadow
gloom
Pervasive dimness or dejection
- despairTotal absence of hope
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- negativityDisposition toward pessimism
defeatism · bleakness · fatalism · hopelessness · nihilism · melancholy · despondency · discouragement · disillusionment · naysaying
oracle
Authoritative wisdom source
- prophecyForetelling of future events
- predictionForecast of coming events
- forecastPrediction of future conditions
prognostication · harbinger · omen · portent · augury · divination · soothsayer · seer · warning · premonition
cataclysm
Violent, large-scale disaster
- end-timesProphesied concluding era
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- annihilationUtter, complete destruction
collapse · apocalypse · revelation · catastrophe · decimation · ruination · obliteration · desolation · holocaust · inferno
dread
Intense anticipatory fear
- apprehensionNervous anticipation of trouble
- trepidationFearful uncertainty
- uneaseMild persistent worry
anxiety · misgiving · premonition · warning · menace · threat · impending · looming · shadow · chill
doomsayingsutopian visions
Dreams of perfect societies
silver linings · good tidings · glad tidings · reassurances · best-case scenarios
doomsayingsreassurances
Statements restoring confidence
encouragements · glad tidings · good news · blessings · benedictions
doomsayingsreassurances
Statements restoring confidence
pep talks · cheerleading · boosterism · triumphalism · encouragements