Definition of Scandalmonger

1. Noun. A person who spreads malicious gossip.


Definition of Scandalmonger

1. Noun. A person who trades in gossip. A person who collects and disseminates rumors. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Scandalmonger

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Scandalmonger

scandal sheet
scandaled
scandaling
scandalisation
scandalise
scandalised
scandalises
scandalising
scandalization
scandalize
scandalized
scandalizes
scandalizing
scandalled
scandalling
scandalmonger (current term)
scandalmongering
scandalmongers
scandalous
scandalously
scandalousness
scandals
scandalum magnatum
scandent
scandentia
scandia
scandian
scandias
scandic
scandiobabingtonite

Literary usage of Scandalmonger

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

1. The College Man and the College Woman by William De Witt Hyde (1906)
"He who will tell the truthful lie to the scandalmonger must be one who would go to the stake before he would give the word or even the look of ..."

2. Fores's Sporting Notes & Sketches: A Quarterly Magazine Descriptive of (1901)
"... scandalmonger for libel ; so, as the matter may be journalistically considered sub judice, I will reserve my judgment, though the enemies to fox-hunting ..."

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