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naysayer

[ney-sey-er]

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noun

a person who habitually expresses negative or pessimistic views: Despite a general feeling that things were going well, a few naysayers tried to cast gloom.

Origin:
1715–25; nay + say¹ + -er¹

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naysayer
noun
someone with an aggressively negative attitude

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