Someone who spreads worrying rumours or needlessly alarms people.

To spread worrying rumours.

plural of scaremonger

simple past tense and past participle of scaremonger

The actions of scaremongers in spreading frightening or ominous reports or rumours.

present participle of scaremonger

plural of scaremongerer

A scaremonger; one who scaremongers.

The act of spreading alarming information that is either exaggerated or untrue in order to scare others. / Alarming information that is exaggerated or untrue.