"rumormonger" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rumormongers [plural]
Etymology: Compound of rumor + monger. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|rumor|monger}} Compound of rumor + monger Head templates: {{en-noun}} rumormonger (plural rumormongers)
  1. (American spelling) A person who spreads rumors and gossip. Tags: US Categories (topical): People, Talking Synonyms: blabbermouth, gossip, rumorist, rumourist, talebearer, telltale, gossiper Related terms: gossipmonger, monger (english: and derived terms: -monger), newsmonger, scandalmonger Translations (person who spreads rumors and gossip): клюкар (kljukar) [masculine] (Bulgarian), Gerüchtemacher [masculine] (German), Gerüchtemacherin [feminine] (German), Gerüchteverbreiter [masculine] (German), Gerüchteverbreiterin [feminine] (German), Kolporteur [masculine] (German), Kolporteurin [feminine] (German), ráflálaí [masculine] (Irish), sussurrone [masculine] (Italian), sussurrona [feminine] (Italian), fāmigerātor [masculine] (Latin), fāmigerātrīx [feminine] (Latin), ngutu tere (Maori), Kjwint [feminine] (Plautdietsch)
    Sense id: en-rumormonger-en-noun-OxK7Hf4d Disambiguation of People: 100 0 Disambiguation of Talking: 95 5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 93 7 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 95 5 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 94 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 97 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rumor-monger, rumor monger [US], rumourmonger, rumour-monger, rumour monger [UK]

Verb

Forms: rumormongers [present, singular, third-person], rumormongering [participle, present], rumormongered [participle, past], rumormongered [past]
Etymology: Compound of rumor + monger. Etymology templates: {{glossary|Compound}} Compound, {{com+|en|rumor|monger}} Compound of rumor + monger Head templates: {{en-verb}} rumormonger (third-person singular simple present rumormongers, present participle rumormongering, simple past and past participle rumormongered)
  1. To spread rumors and gossip.
    Sense id: en-rumormonger-en-verb-clhPAe~w
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: rumor-monger, rumor monger [US], rumourmonger, rumour-monger, rumour monger [UK]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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