scandalmonger

Noun

Meaning

a person who spreads malicious gossip

Source: WordNet

informer snoop tabby prater telltale magpie gossip intruder agitator squealer agent provocateur gawker blabber busybody babbler

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pressman spectator author journalist newsman anchorman

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gossip gossiper newsmonger gossipmonger rumormonger rumourmonger

The objection of the scandalmonger is not that she tells of racy doings, but that she pretends to be indignant about them. H. L. Mencken

The mouth of a canon is less dangerous than that of a scandalmonger. Arabic Proverb

scandalized scandalizer scandalizing scandalmongering scandalmongery scandalmonging