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单词 scandalmonger
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Definition of scandalmonger in English:

scandalmonger

nounˈskand(ə)lmʌŋɡəˈskændlˌməŋɡər
  • A person who stirs up public outrage towards someone or their actions by spreading rumours or malicious gossip.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • According to the scandalmongers, the then Prince of Wales had inherited these emeralds from Alexandra for the purpose of passing them down to his future wife, the next queen of England.
    • It's just one in a range well-tested celebrity responses to the scandalmongers, from the Dignified Evasion to the Snotty Putdown.
    • It wasn't only the scandalmongers of tabloid journalism who were outraged.
    • As such, they are of far more interest to future historians of the royal family than the views of pundits or the ‘revelations’ of scandalmongers.
    • Anyone who has watched the last rounds of the World Cup knows that these scandalmongers have a point.
    • Meanwhile, the critics, as opposed to scandalmongers, began to weigh in, taking the work in the show to task, not for its moral effrontery but for its lack of compelling interest.
    • Thanks to the internet, the famous can now bypass the journalists and scandalmongers who, they will tell you, get the facts wrong.
    Synonyms
    gossip, muckraker, tattler
    rare quidnunc, calumniator

Derivatives

  • scandalmongering

  • nounˈskand(ə)lˌmʌŋɡərɪŋˈskændlməŋɡərɪŋ
    • The prevention of this kind of scandalmongering is what the English Channel is for.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But it actually is ushering in a new rationale for the media's scandal mongering.
      • But the principal axis of the Conservative campaign is scandal-mongering.
      • The scandal-mongering of the late '90s was extremely insidious, and it has already given us quite a few fine movies.
      • They would know that their statements are going to be subject to widespread scrutiny, rather than just skewed media scandalmongering.
 
 

Definition of scandalmonger in US English:

scandalmonger

nounˈskændlˌməŋɡərˈskandlˌməNGɡər
  • A person who stirs up public outrage toward someone or their actions by spreading rumors or malicious gossip.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Thanks to the internet, the famous can now bypass the journalists and scandalmongers who, they will tell you, get the facts wrong.
    • Meanwhile, the critics, as opposed to scandalmongers, began to weigh in, taking the work in the show to task, not for its moral effrontery but for its lack of compelling interest.
    • It's just one in a range well-tested celebrity responses to the scandalmongers, from the Dignified Evasion to the Snotty Putdown.
    • According to the scandalmongers, the then Prince of Wales had inherited these emeralds from Alexandra for the purpose of passing them down to his future wife, the next queen of England.
    • Anyone who has watched the last rounds of the World Cup knows that these scandalmongers have a point.
    • It wasn't only the scandalmongers of tabloid journalism who were outraged.
    • As such, they are of far more interest to future historians of the royal family than the views of pundits or the ‘revelations’ of scandalmongers.
    Synonyms
    gossip, muckraker, tattler
 
 
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