rumormonger
rumormonger noun: a person who spreads rumors.
Noun
rumormonger (plural rumormongers)
- A person who spreads rumors.
- Near-synonyms: gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger; blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale; gossip, gossiper; see also Thesaurus:gossiper
- Then the Seventh moved to Fort Ord and practiced—although without full equipment—amphibious landings. The hot poop of the rumor mongers became, “Southwest Pacific for us, fellows.” But when the convoy sailed from San Francisco on April twenty-fourth, the ships turned north.1947, Murray Morgan, Bridge To Russia: Those Amazing Aleutians, New York: E. P. Dutton & Company, page 161
- Synonyms:
- rumorer, rumourer, gossipmonger, newsmonger, scandalmonger, blabbermouth, talebearer, telltale, gossip, gossiper
Verb
rumormonger (third-person singular simple present rumormongers, present participle rumormongering, simple past and past participle rumormongered)
- To spread rumors and gossip.
Synonyms of rumormonger
- rumorer
- rumourer
- gossipmonger
- newsmonger
- scandalmonger
- blabbermouth
- talebearer
- telltale
- gossip
- gossiper
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Forms of rumormonger
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | rumormongers |
| alternative US | rumor-monger |
| alternative US | rumor monger |
| alternative UK | rumourmonger |
| alternative UK | rumour-monger |
| alternative UK | rumour monger |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | rumormongers |
| present participle | rumormongering |
| past participle | rumormongered |
| past | rumormongered |
Origin of rumormonger
Compound of rumor + monger.
Questions about rumormonger
- What does rumormonger mean?
- Rumormonger means a person who spreads rumors.
- What part of speech is rumormonger?
- Rumormonger can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of rumormonger?
- The plural of rumormonger is rumormongers.
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