a merchant of doom

(informal)

someone who is always saying that bad things are going to happen With exports rising and unemployment falling, the merchants of doom are having to revise their economic predictions.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Intira	-	Thai
Glauco	GLOW-ko (Italian, Spanish)	Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Dorina (1)	do-REE-nah	Romanian
Vasilii	-	Medieval Slavic
Joaquima	-	Catalan
Benton	BEN-tən	English