drama monger
- noun
- /ˈdrɑːmə ˈmʌŋɡər/
- Offensive
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- Social media tends to reward the loudest drama mongers with the most attention.
Examples
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Instead of solving the issue, he acted like a drama monger and made everything worse.
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Sarah doesn't like hanging out with a drama monger because things always get tense.
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Don't be such a drama monger!
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She is known as a drama monger in our group.
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He was always acting like a drama monger, spreading rumors that created unnecessary tension in the office.
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Everyone avoided her because she always acted like a drama monger during our meetings.
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The drama monger thrived on escalating conflicts between friends, turning minor disagreements into major confrontations.
Synonyms
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4.1
A person who causes problems for other people on purpose
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6.5
A person who stirs up strong public feelings for political change
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8.8
A person who on purpose causes trouble or makes others do wrong
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6.8
A person who starts trouble or urges others to act
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8.5
A person who makes a crowd angry or excited about politics
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8.1
A person who tries to annoy others online or in conversation
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6.5
A person who interrupts people by making noise or causing trouble
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6.0
A person who causes small trouble by playing tricks or starting gossip
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7.3
A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
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7.5
A person who starts trouble on purpose to make others react
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5.9
A person or group that attracts public attention by causing controversy
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8.4
A person who often tells private stories about other people
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8.3
A person who spreads private or untrue stories about others
A person who on purpose makes others start trouble or fight
A person who says or does things that cause arguments and make people angry
A person who causes political trouble by encouraging others to act against the government
A person who says things that make people angry or start fights
A person who causes anger or arguments between people
A person who causes problems by starting arguments or fights
A person who causes stress or arguments in a group
A person who often spreads gossip or private news about others
A person who spreads harmful gossip about others to attract attention
A person who causes trouble on purpose to upset others
A person who often causes trouble and drama for others
Antonyms
How Dramatic
- Offensive
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9.9
- Offensive
12
6.8
- Offensive
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2.2
84
3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a person who deliberately stirs up drama' is directly derivable from combining 'drama' (a tense or emotional situation) with 'monger' (a person who markets or spreads something), since 'monger' denotes someone who promotes or propagates X. This follows a productive English compounding pattern (e.g., scaremonger, warmonger), so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the meaning.
Etymology
Drama monger comes from old job names where monger meant a seller, as in 'fishmonger', so it gives the image of someone who 'sells' or spreads drama. That's why it now means a person who causes or likes to start 'trouble' on purpose.