doomsters
Predictors of catastrophe
Doomsters are people who predict disaster or catastrophe, especially habitually.
The term carries a dismissive tone, suggesting the predictions are exaggerated or unfounded: The doomsters said the economy would collapse, but it recovered.
Climate skeptics use it to disparage those warning of environmental catastrophe.
The word parallels "doomers" but sounds slightly more old-fashioned.
Those who dismiss ideas
- cynicsDoubters of sincerity
- defeatistsThose anticipating inevitable failure
- doubtersPeople who question claims
- skepticsThose who doubt claims
worrywarts · alarmists · catastrophists · denialists · contrarians · killjoys · wet-blankets · party-poopers
Prophesied concluding era
- cataclysmViolent, large-scale disaster
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
antichrist · prophecy · eschatology · extinction · annihilation · apocalypse · millennialism · survivalists
Dark and dispiriting
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
- melancholicInclined toward reflective sorrow
dismal · somber · lugubrious · doleful · mournful · dejected · saturnine · woeful
Suggesting something bad approaches
- portentSign of future calamity
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- warningAlert about danger
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
apprehension · presentiment · prognostication · harbinger · augury · dire · menacing · looming
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- inevitableCertain to occur
- predestinedDecided in advance
- preordainedDecided in advance
determinism · fatalism · kismet · resignation · nihilism · futility · inexorable · inescapable
naysayers
Those who dismiss ideas
- cynicsDoubters of sincerity
- defeatistsThose anticipating inevitable failure
- doubtersPeople who question claims
skeptics · worrywarts · alarmists · catastrophists · denialists · contrarians · killjoys · wet-blankets · party-poopers
end-times
Prophesied concluding era
- cataclysmViolent, large-scale disaster
- raptureOverwhelming ecstatic feeling
- tribulationState of great distress
revelation · antichrist · prophecy · eschatology · extinction · annihilation · apocalypse · millennialism · survivalists · preppers
gloomy
Dark and dispiriting
- bleakDreary and without cheer
- despondentDeeply discouraged, hopeless
- moroseSullenly ill-humored
melancholic · dismal · somber · lugubrious · doleful · mournful · dejected · saturnine · woeful · funereal
ominous
Suggesting something bad approaches
- portentSign of future calamity
- premonitionAdvance sense of future events
- warningAlert about danger
dread · apprehension · presentiment · prognostication · harbinger · augury · dire · menacing · looming · impending
fate
Predetermined course of events
- destinyPredetermined course of events
- inevitableCertain to occur
- predestinedDecided in advance
preordained · determinism · fatalism · kismet · resignation · nihilism · futility · inexorable · inescapable · sealed
doomstersoptimists
Those expecting favorable results
boomsters · utopians · hopefuls · idealists · cheerleaders