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scandalmonger

scandalmonger noun: one who trades in gossip; one who collects and disseminates rumors.

Noun

scandalmonger (plural scandalmongers)

  1. One who trades in gossip; one who collects and disseminates rumors.
    • The reporter for the tabloid called himself a journalist but was really nothing more than a scandalmonger.

scandalmonger meaning in Tamil and Kannada

scandalmonger in Tamil

புரளி பரப்புநர்

scandalmonger in Kannada

ಗುಲ್ಲುಗಾರ, ಪುಕಾರುಹರಡುವವನು, ಗುಲ್ಲುಗಾರ್ತಿ, ಪುಕಾರುಹರಡುವವಳು

Forms of scandalmonger

pluralscandalmongers

Origin of scandalmonger

From scandal + monger.

Words formed from scandalmonger

Questions about scandalmonger

What does scandalmonger mean?
Scandalmonger means one who trades in gossip; one who collects and disseminates rumors.
What is scandalmonger in Tamil?
Scandalmonger in Tamil is புரளி பரப்புநர். See Scandalmonger meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is scandalmonger?
Scandalmonger is a noun.
What is the plural of scandalmonger?
The plural of scandalmonger is scandalmongers.

Words near scandalmonger in the dictionary

  1. scandalizing
  2. scandalizings
  3. scandalled
  4. scandalling
  5. scandally clad
  6. scandalmonger
  7. scandalmongeries
  8. scandalmongering
  9. scandalmongers
  10. scandalmongery
  11. scandalmonging

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: scandalmonger (page history and authors); scandalmonger (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); scandalmonger (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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