Definition of Rumormonger

1. Noun. A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others.

Exact synonyms: Gossip, Gossiper, Gossipmonger, Newsmonger, Rumourmonger
Generic synonyms: Communicator
Specialized synonyms: Cat, Scandalmonger, Blabbermouth, Talebearer, Taleteller, Tattler, Tattletale, Telltale, Yenta
Derivative terms: Gossip, Gossip

Definition of Rumormonger

1. Noun. A person who spreads rumors and gossip. ¹

2. Verb. To spread rumors and gossip. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Rumormonger

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rumormonger

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rumormonger (current term)
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Literary usage of Rumormonger

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Congressional Committees Investigating the Iran/Contra Affair by Lee H. Hamilton, Daniel K. Inouye (1995)
"Agency as a "rumormonger of occasional usefulness," Ghorbanifar lasted as a source only until September 1981, when the Agency decided he was concerned ..."

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