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Definition of Gossipmongering
1. Noun. A conversation that spreads personal information about other people.
Generic synonyms: Conversation
Specialized synonyms: Scandalmongering
Derivative terms: Gossip
Definition of Gossipmongering
1. Noun. The behaviour of a gossipmonger; the spreading of salacious rumours. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gossipmongering
Literary usage of Gossipmongering
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman: Being the Reflections and Reminiscences by Otto Bismarck (1899)
"The result was that, without my will and to my regret, chiefly through gossipmongering,
there came to be in ..."
2. Aunt Judy's Letters by Alfred Gatty (1862)
"But this comes of gossipmongering instead of learning. Listen now, then, and be
taught by a chat; your only chance! "Once in those ante-blotting-book days I ..."
3. Aunt Judy's Letters by Alfred Gatty (1862)
"But this comes of gossipmongering instead of learning. Listen now, then, and be
taught by a chat; your only chance ! " Once in those ante-blotting-book days ..."
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