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
Astarte	əs-TAHR-tee (English)	Near Eastern Mythology (Hellenized), Biblical Greek
Hollie	HAHL-ee	English
Aspling	['æspliŋ]
Evgenija	-	Macedonian
Frederik	FRAY-də-rik (Dutch)	Danish, Dutch
Linford	LIN-fərd	English (Rare)