naysayer
Use Naysayer in a sentence
ər 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.
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| naysayer | |
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| someone with an aggressively negative attitude |
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Naysayer
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example sentences
Except for the occasional naysayer who claims to be the true inventor, these facts are reasonably undisputed.
Even the loudest naysayer was pleased to have been wrong.
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