scandalmonger
a person who spreads scandal or gossip.
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How to use scandalmonger in a sentence
The scandalmonger, inhibited from doing the forbidden thing, enjoys himself by a vicarious indulgence in rottenness.
The Behavior of Crowds | Everett Dean MartinNo man is obliged to give himself away in matters of this sort, and I am no scandalmonger.
The Avenger | E. Phillips OppenheimDamn my cousin Townham for a dried-up, wiggy, pratin' little scandalmonger!
The Dop Doctor | Clotilde Inez Mary GravesShe was respectability personified, and complained bitterly of the misery of being tied to a scandalmonger!
The Confession of a Fool | August StrindbergSo every careless slanderer, and scandalmonger credulous of evil, who believes the lies he propagates.
The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians | G. G. Findlay
British Dictionary definitions for scandalmonger
/ (ˈskændəlˌmʌŋɡə) /
a person who spreads or enjoys scandal, gossip, etc
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