scandalmonger

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

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noun

a person who spreads scandal or gossip.

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Origin of scandalmonger

First recorded in 1715–25; scandal + monger

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Examples from the Web for scandalmonger

The scandalmonger, inhibited from doing the forbidden thing, enjoys himself by a vicarious indulgence in rottenness.
The Behavior of Crowds|Everett Dean Martin
But either Mrs. Parry was not clever enough or Mrs. Morley had no secret to reveal, for the scandalmonger learned nothing.
A Coin of Edward VII|Fergus Hume
So every careless slanderer, and scandalmonger credulous of evil, who believes the lies he propagates.
The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians|G. G. Findlay
No man is obliged to give himself away in matters of this sort, and I am no scandalmonger.
The Avenger|E. Phillips Oppenheim

Darco was a true man, and to think of him as a scandalmonger was mere folly.
Despair's Last Journey|David Christie Murray

British Dictionary definitions for scandalmonger

scandalmonger

noun

a person who spreads or enjoys scandal, gossip, etc

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