merchant of doom

A person who always focuses on the potential negative outcomes of a situation. I refuse to watch the evening news anymore because the reporters have all become merchants of doom.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
BÁLint	BAH-leent	Hungarian
Bradley	BRAD-lee	English
Maqsud	-	Arabic, Urdu
Steven	STEEV-ən (English), STAY-vən (Dutch)	English, Dutch
Ekenedilichukwu	-	Western African, Igbo
Liupold	-	Ancient Germanic