Chicken Little is a character from a popular fable who is known for being a PESSIMIST and an ALARMIST. The term 'Chicken Little' can be broken down into 8 crossword solutions: PESSIMIST (9 letters), BANTAM (6 letters), HEN (3 letters), ALARMIST (8 letters), ACORN (5 letters), SKY (3 letters), POULTRY (7 letters), and POULT (5 letters). PESSIMIST refers to someone who is overly negative and expects the worst, while an ALARMIST is someone who overreacts to a situation. BANTAM and poult are both terms for a small chicken, while a HEN is an adult female chicken. An ACORN is a nut that comes from an oak tree, and the SKY is the atmosphere surrounding the Earth. Finally, POULTRY is a collective term for domesticated birds kept for their eggs or meat.