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doomsayer

nounmasculine/ɐɣoˈwɾɐjɾu/low

a·gou·rei·ro

Definition

A person who habitually predicts negative outcomes or sees bad omens in everything.
Don't listen to him, he's a real doomsayer.
My uncle is a doomsayer, always predicting disasters.
Common collocations
old doomsayerdoomsayer's speech

Etymology

Derivado de 'agouro' + sufixo '-eiro'. Do latim *augurium* ('presságio').

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