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scandalmonger

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

/ ˈskæn dlˌmʌŋ gər, -ˌmɒŋ- /

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noun

a person who spreads scandal or gossip.

Origin of scandalmonger

First recorded in 1715–25; scandal + monger

Words nearby scandalmonger

scand, scand., scandal, scandal sheet, scandalize, scandalmonger, scandalous, scandaroon, scandent, scanderbeg, scandia

Example sentences 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

/ (ˈskændəlˌmʌŋɡə) /

noun

a person who spreads or enjoys scandal, gossip, etc