Usually means: Spreading fear for personal gain.
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  1. scaremonger: Merriam-Webster
  2. scaremonger: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. scaremonger: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. scaremonger: Collins English Dictionary
  5. scaremonger: Vocabulary.com
  6. scaremonger: Wordnik
  7. scaremonger: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. scaremonger: Wiktionary
  9. scaremonger: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. scaremonger: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. scaremonger: Dictionary.com
  12. Scaremonger: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. scaremonger: Rhymezone
  14. scaremonger: FreeDictionary.org
  15. scaremonger: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. scaremonger: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. scaremonger: Encyclopedia

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. scaremonger: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (scaremonger)

▸ noun:  Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.
▸ verb:  To spread worrying rumours.

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stirrer, scandalmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, rumor-monger, shitmonger, rumor monger, trouble-monger, sleazemonger, scandaliser, more...



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stirrer, scandalmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger, rumor-monger, shitmonger, rumor monger, trouble-monger, sleazemonger, scandaliser, more...



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