scandalmonger

[ skan-dl-mong-ger, -muhng- ]

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noun

a person who spreads scandal or gossip.

Origin of scandalmonger

First recorded in 1715–25; scandal + monger

Words Nearby scandalmonger

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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 Martin
No man is obliged to give himself away in matters of this sort, and I am no scandalmonger.
The Avenger | E. Phillips Oppenheim
Damn my cousin Townham for a dried-up, wiggy, pratin' little scandalmonger!
The Dop Doctor | Clotilde Inez Mary Graves
She was respectability personified, and complained bitterly of the misery of being tied to a scandalmonger!
The Confession of a Fool | August Strindberg
So 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

scandalmonger

/ (ˈskændəlˌmʌŋɡə) /

noun

a person who spreads or enjoys scandal, gossip, etc

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