Jeremiah

  1. Proper noun.  (biblical character) An ancient prophet, the author of the Book of Jeremiah, and of the Lamentations.
  2. Proper noun.  (biblical) A book of the Old Testament of Bible, and of the Tanakh.
  3. Proper noun.  (given name, male) of biblical origin.
  4. Noun.  A person who is pessimistic about the present and foresees a calamitous future; a prophet of doom.
  5. Interjection.  (UK) Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, frustration, etc.

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