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gossip-prone

gossip-prone adjective: tending toward involvement in gossip.

Adjective

gossip-prone (comparative more gossip-prone, superlative most gossip-prone)

  1. Tending toward involvement in gossip
    • Men were more likely to gossip about celebrities and acquaintances. Having established that both sexes share equally in the pleasure which gossip seems to provide one may ask, “What makes us so gossip-prone?”2012, Jerome H. Blass, The Family Counselor, page 437
    Synonyms:
    gossipful

Synonyms of gossip-prone

Forms of gossip-prone

comparativemore gossip-prone
superlativemost gossip-prone

Questions about gossip-prone

What does gossip-prone mean?
Gossip-prone means tending toward involvement in gossip.
What part of speech is gossip-prone?
Gossip-prone is an adjective.

Words near gossip-prone in the dictionary

  1. gossip'd
  2. gossip-mill
  3. gossip-mills
  4. gossip-mirror
  5. gossip-mirrors
  6. gossip-prone
  7. gossipdom
  8. gossiped
  9. gossipee
  10. gossipees
  11. gossiper

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