figurative. A person likened to a screech owl; esp. a person who bears bad news or foretells misfortune; = screech owl, n. 2. Obsolete.

figurative. A person likened to a screech owl; esp. a person who bears bad news or foretells misfortune. Now rare.

figurative. A person who brings bad or unwelcome news, or makes gloomy predictions. Cf. croaker, n. 2. Obsolete.

transferred. One who talks dismally or despondingly, one who forebodes or prophesies evil.

The name of the prophet, used connotatively.

prophet of doom n.a person who predicts disaster, a doomsayer; a person who is (esp. unduly) pessimistic about the future.

A name given to an imaginary prophet of doom or giver of warnings.