rumormonger en · NOUN
Etymology
Compound of rumor + monger.
Meanings
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(US) A person who spreads rumors.
Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale; gossip, gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
Then the Seventh moved to Fort Ord and practiced—although without full equipment—amphibious landings. The hot poop of the rumor mongers became, “Southwest Pacific for us, fellows.” But when the convoy sailed from San Francisco on April twenty-fourth, the ships turned north.
1947, Murray Morgan, Bridge To Russia: Those Amazing Aleutians, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, page 161:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| rumour-monger | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| rumour monger | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| rumourmonger | UK, alternative | lexicographic | |
| rumor monger | US, alternative | lexicographic | |
| rumormongers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| rumor-monger | US, alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
blabbermouth · meddler · gossipmonger · blabtongue · gossipmonger · tabby · town crier · rumormonger · telltale · newsmonger · blabbermouth · talecarrier · sleazemonger · blabtale · telltale tit · telltale · busybody · mumblenews · tattletale · rumorer · scandalmonger · talebearer · gossip · talebearer · whisperer · rumourmonger · tittle-tattle · newsmonger · gossip · rumourer · scandalmonger · gossiper · blab · titivil · buzzer · carrytale · mouth · gossiper
Translations (18)
fi juoruilija (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · bg клюкар (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · fr colporteur de rumeurs (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · de Gerüchtemacherin (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · la fāmigerātrīx (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · de Gerüchteverbreiterin (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · pl plotkarz (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · it sussurrone (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · it sussurrona (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · de Kolporteurin (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · la fāmigerātor (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · de Kolporteur (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · pdt Kjwint (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · mi ngutu tere (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · de Gerüchtemacher (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · ga ráflálaí (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · pl plotkarka (person who spreads rumors and gossip) · de Gerüchteverbreiter (person who spreads rumors and gossip)