Usually means: Pessimist who expects the worst.
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  1. crepehanger: Merriam-Webster
  2. crepehanger: Collins English Dictionary
  3. crepehanger: Wiktionary
  4. crepehanger: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. crepehanger: Dictionary.com
  6. crepehanger: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Crepehanger)

▸ noun:  Alternative form of crapehanger [A pessimist or doomsayer.]

Similar:
doom-and-gloom, gloom and doom, hanger on, deadender, hocus-pocusser, coathanger, fear monger, coat-hanger, sliphalter, hocus pocuser, more...

Opposite:
optimist, positive thinker, hopeful

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Similar:
doom-and-gloom, gloom and doom, hanger on, deadender, hocus-pocusser, coathanger, fear monger, coat-hanger, sliphalter, hocus pocuser, more...

Opposite:
optimist, positive thinker, hopeful



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