voice of doom

Harbinger of disaster

A voice of doom is a person who persistently predicts disaster or catastrophe, or the tone such predictions take.

The phrase often carries mild mockery—the voice of doom may be exaggerating or habitually pessimistic: Every meeting, he's the voice of doom, warning us about budget cuts.

Sometimes used self-awarely: I don't mean to be the voice of doom, but those clouds look serious.

Related

omen · forewarning · dread · solemnity · funeral march · gloom · anxiety · fatalism · harbinger · bad omen · monotone · jeremiad · storm clouds · premonition · portent · banshee · pessimism · thunder

Opposites
outlook/prediction

voice of doomoptimist

Habitually hopeful person

Pollyanna · cheerleader · ray of sunshine · eternal optimist · hopeful

emotional effect

voice of doomcomforter

Quilted bed covering

beacon of hope · inspirer · ray of hope · encourager · uplifter

Family

voice, voices, voiced, voicing, voiceless, vocalize, vocalist, vocalization, vocation

Familiarity
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated G