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
Quentin	kawn-TEN (French), KWEN-tin (English)	French, English
Torgeir	-	Norwegian
Antonin	-	French
Jaywant	-	Indian, Marathi
Seija	SAY-yah	Finnish
Brigita	-	Slovene, Croatian, Latvian