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RUMORMONGER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
Synonyms:
gossip; gossiper; gossipmonger; newsmonger; rumormonger; rumourmonger
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("rumormonger" is a kind of...):
communicator (a person who communicates with others)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "rumormonger"):
cat (a spiteful woman gossip)
scandalmonger (a person who spreads malicious gossip)
blabbermouth; talebearer; taleteller; tattler; tattletale; telltale (someone who gossips indiscreetly)
yenta ((Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal)
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