Meaning

1 senses

  1. To spread worrying rumours.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. The mainstream media is the most prevalent practitioner of scaremongering.

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  2. He was a scaremonger, always trying to make people worry.

    deEr war ein Panikmacher und stets bemüht, die Leute in Unruhe zu versetzen. — al_ex_an_der

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  3. We should avoid scaremongering.

    deWir sollten Panikmache vermeiden. — al_ex_an_der

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  4. Tom was accused of scaremongering.

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  5. We're not scaremongering.

    ruМы не паникёры. — marafon

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Origin

From scare + monger.

From scare + monger.

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Forms

scaremongers, scaremongering, scaremongered, scaremongered
Base formscaremonger · to scaremonger
3rd person singularscaremongers
Present participlescaremongering
Past simplescaremongered
Past participlescaremongered

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscaremonger
he, she, itscaremongers

Past simpleLesson

all personsscaremongered

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave scaremongered
he, she, ithas scaremongered

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scaremonger

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scareB1scarecrowscarfA2scarletB2
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