scandalmonger

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Recent Examples of scandalmonger Paparazzi and scandalmongers peek and pry via ubicomp. Bruce Sterling, WIRED, 2 June 2006
Recent Examples of Synonyms for scandalmonger
Noun
  • Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts.
    Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Being a tattler or someone who is too focused on the drama rarely works out, largely because those dudes are more focused on screen time than the lead.
    Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019
Noun
  • The two of them, as though after a party, would have stood at the sink cleaning dishes and wondering which among the attendees was the traitor, the tattletale.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 26 July 2023
  • We’re basically guaranteed to see that thing where one person tells Zach that another person is there for the wrong reasons, but then the tattletale winds up consumed by their own vendetta and self-sabotages.
    Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2023
Noun
  • Given the increasingly absurd pretexts the state is using for criminal prosecution and the resounding success of informers of all stripes, the judicial crackdown will continue to worsen.
    Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
  • Standing in his way are British spies, French informers and jealous colleagues.
    Liza Foreman, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 Apr. 2024
Noun
  • After receiving information from this informant, authorities were able to test Gonzalez’s DNA against the Gatorade bottle and airbags in the car, when Gonzalez was arrested in an unrelated car theft investigation last April, according to court records.
    Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Intentionally or not, this makes Cal’s conversation with Armand, his unwilling informant inside Dwight’s organization, harder to take seriously.
    Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 20 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • They’re portrayed as gullible blabbermouths who spill everything the minute anyone shows public kindness.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 5 Aug. 2024
  • Professional blabbermouth: that’s what most of these journalism degrees are really leading toward.
    Hazlitt, Hazlitt, 7 Feb. 2024

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“Scandalmonger.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/scandalmonger. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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