newsmonger

/ˌnuzˈmʌŋgər/
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Other forms: newsmongers

Definitions of newsmonger
  1. noun
    a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
    synonyms: gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, rumormonger, rumourmonger
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    cat
    a spiteful woman gossip
    scandalmonger
    a person who spreads malicious gossip
    blabbermouth, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, tattletale, telltale
    someone who gossips indiscreetly
    yenta
    (Yiddish) a woman who talks too much; a gossip unable to keep a secret; a woman who spreads rumors and scandal
    type of:
    communicator
    a person who communicates with others
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