prophet of doom

noun phrase

: someone who says that bad things will happen

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But why would these Cassandras be heeded any more than the original Trojan prophet of doom in Aeschylus’s Agamemnon? Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 18 May 2021

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“Prophet of doom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prophet%20of%20doom. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.

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