as in Cassandra
one given to forebodings and predictions of impending calamity from time immemorial doomsters have been saying that the world is going to hell in a handbasket

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Recent Examples of doomster Forget the doomsters and the naysayers, and the investment-bank analysts with their tricky questions about balance-sheet strength and cashflow. The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019 Immediately after the referendum Brexiteers crowed that the doomsters were wrong: the economy had not suffered and confidence remained high. The Economist, 22 July 2017

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“Doomster.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/doomster. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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