doomsdayer
End-times forecaster
A doomsdayer is someone who predicts catastrophe or believes disaster is imminent.
The term carries a dismissive edge—implying the person's warnings are exaggerated or unfounded: Climate doomsdayers have been wrong before, but that doesn't mean we should ignore the science.
Related to doomsayer and Chicken Little types who cry that the sky is falling.
Prophesied concluding era
- cataclysmViolent, large-scale disaster
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- tribulationState of great distress
- eschatologyStudy of ultimate destiny
rapture · apocalypse · antichrist · millennium · biblical · prophecy · beast
One spreading exaggerated fears
- fearmongerOne who stokes alarm
- catastrophistOne expecting sudden calamities
- sensationalistOne who inflames reactions
- hysteriaUncontrollable emotional excess
exaggeration · hyperbole · overreactor · melodramatic · paranoid · cassandra · naysayer · hand-wringing
Divinely inspired messenger
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
- forecasterOne who predicts events
prognosticator · predictor · harbinger · futurist · preacher · visionary · diviner · augur
Doctrine of inevitable outcomes
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
- despairTotal absence of hope
hopelessness · defeatism · bleakness · negativity · misanthrope · killjoy · wet-blanket · spoilsport
end-times
Prophesied concluding era
- cataclysmViolent, large-scale disaster
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- tribulationState of great distress
eschatology · rapture · apocalypse · antichrist · millennium · biblical · prophecy · beast
scaremonger
One spreading exaggerated fears
- fearmongerOne who stokes alarm
- catastrophistOne expecting sudden calamities
- sensationalistOne who inflames reactions
hysteria · exaggeration · hyperbole · overreactor · melodramatic · paranoid · cassandra · naysayer · hand-wringing · worst-case
prophet
Divinely inspired messenger
- oracleAuthoritative wisdom source
- seerOne who envisions futures
- soothsayerOne who predicts futures
forecaster · prognosticator · predictor · harbinger · futurist · preacher · visionary · diviner · augur · foreteller
fatalism
Doctrine of inevitable outcomes
- nihilismRejection of objective meaning
- cynicismDistrust of human sincerity
- gloomPervasive dimness or dejection
despair · hopelessness · defeatism · bleakness · negativity · misanthrope · killjoy · wet-blanket · spoilsport · gloomy
- doomsday cultGroup expecting imminent apocalypse
- doomsday deviceHypothetical total annihilation weapon
- doomsday scenariosImagined catastrophic end events
- doomsday machineWeapon destroying everything automatically
- doomsday weaponWorld-destroying military device
- doomsday clockMetaphorical threat indicator