rumormonger
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8.3
- noun
- /ˈrumərˌmʌŋɡər/
- Offensive
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chismoso
- That the rumormonger is a royal ghost only points to a more deeply ironic image of the "spectral authority" of rumor, an authority which lies partly in rumor's anonymity and externality, its being spoken by no one in particular, in its becoming part of what is "commonly known" or "famous."
Examples
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" Hamlet suggests that rumormongers become ghosts even as they speak such stories, spreading the words that will, in turn, make ghosts of others.
Academic text (1994) -
iPhone: Rumormongers have obsessed over the possibility for years.
Blog text (20) -
You've been listening to rumormongers.
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The shorts and rumormongers succeeded in bringing down Bear Stearns," Fuld asserted.
Blog text (6) -
Lie with the child, murdered here in this convent, so say the rumormongers, the vampires who haunt these halls now, who have come to see the great Vampire Lestat in his Endymion-like sleep.
Fiction book (2000) -
The local rumormonger spread the latest gossip about the celebrity couple's breakup.
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As a notorious rumormonger, she always seemed to know the personal secrets of her neighbors.
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At school, the rumormonger was often the first to share news about who was dating whom.
Synonyms
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2.2
A person who likes to talk about others' private lives and share rumors
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7.5
A person who talks too much and tells other people's secrets
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2.8
A person who often talks about other people's private lives and spreads rumors
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8.5
A person who spreads nasty stories about others to harm them, often in politics
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8.7
A person who spreads scary stories to make people worried
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8.4
A person who often tells private stories about other people
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8.1
A person who tells secrets about other people
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7.3
A person who spreads gossip to start arguments
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9.9
A person who spreads gossip or secrets to hurt others
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8.4
A person who says bad things about others behind their back to hurt their reputation
A person who tells other people's secrets and spreads rumors
A person who often spreads gossip or private news about others
A person who often tells news or rumors to many people
A person who spreads harmful gossip about others to attract attention
A person who makes small problems into big arguments
Antonyms
How Gossipy
- Offensive
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5.1
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Rumormonger comes from two parts: rumor ('a story people tell') and monger ('seller'), a word you also see in fishmonger. So a rumormonger is like someone who 'sells' stories to others, which is why it means a person who spreads gossip about private matters.