Someone or something that is alarmist causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerous is going to happen.
Contrary to the more alarmist reports, he is not going to die.
Synonyms: fatalistic, pessimistic, scaremongering More Synonyms of alarmist
2. countable noun
An alarmist is someone who causes unnecessary fear or anxiety that something unpleasant or dangerousmight happen.
alarmist in British English
(əˈlɑːmɪst)
noun
1.
a person who alarms or attempts to alarm others needlessly or without due grounds
2.
a person who is easily alarmed
adjective
3.
characteristic of an alarmist
Derived forms
alarmism (aˈlarmism)
noun
alarmist in American English
(əˈlɑrmɪst)
noun
1.
a person who habitually spreads alarming rumors, exaggerated reports of danger, etc.
adjective
2.
of or like an alarmist
Derived forms
alarmism (aˈlarmˌism)
noun
Examples of 'alarmist' in a sentence
alarmist
This approach differs from some organizations that may use alarmist language or veiled threats to panic churches into buying resources or attending conferences.
Christianity Today (2000)
Yet these alarmist views were partly the product of right-wing fantasies.
Hebblethwaite, Peter Paul VI - The First Modern Pope (1993)
Others have dismissed such views as alarmist, saying there is little supporting evidence.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
This may seem unnecessarily alarmist, but the sooner we reach the point of maximum gloom the better.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
If these locations are at all representative of the country as a whole, then your reporting should be less alarmist.