rumormonger

See also: rumor-monger and rumor monger

English

Alternative forms

• rumor-monger, rumor monger
• rumourmonger, rumour-monger, rumour monger (UK)

Etymology

From rumor +‎ monger.

Noun

rumormonger (plural rumormongers)

1. (American spelling) A person who spreads rumors and gossip.

Synonyms

• blabbermouth
• gossip
• rumorist
• talebearer
• telltale

 

see also Thesaurus:gossiper

Related terms

• gossipmonger
• monger (and derived terms)
• newsmonger
• scandalmonger

 

Translations

person who spreads rumors and gossip

• Bulgarian: клюкар (bg) m (kljukar)
• German: Gerüchtemacher m, Gerüchtemacherin f, Gerüchteverbreiter m, Gerüchteverbreiterin f, Kolporteur (de) m, Kolporteurin f
• Irish: ráflálaí m
• Italian: sussurrone m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Latin: fāmigerātor m
• Maori: ngutu tere
• Plautdietsch: Kjwint f

Verb

rumormonger (third-person singular simple present rumormongers, present participle rumormongering, simple past and past participle rumormongered)

1. To spread rumors and gossip.