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Definition of rumour-monger in English: rumour-mongernounˈruːməmʌŋɡə derogatory A person who spreads rumours. Example sentencesExamples - He realized that not all the tales of the man's drinking and womanizing achievements were the product of jealous or envious rumour-mongers.
- What will these crazy rumour-mongers think of next?
- A vigorous entrepreneur and a tremendous rumour-monger, he was to become known as ‘the Father of Tasmania‘.
- In fact, establishing anything concrete at all is proving surprisingly difficult, even for hacks of the quality of the Evening Press's own rumour-monger.
- Throughout the afternoon, telephones hummed between newspaper offices as the rumour-mongers built their fantasies.
- The rumour-mongers have portrayed me as a hard-bitten political adventuress devoid of all human feeling.
- A list of six names was compiled by the gossips and rumour-mongers of Belgravia, among them key figures from high society - aristocracy, government ministers and film stars.
- The rumor-mongers may be on to something, even if the president doesn't make his economic advisers walk the plank.
- That, however, has not stopped the rumour-mongers speculating on how much they may receive as expenses.
Derivatives noun derogatory It is useless to hide the facts or deny the truth - this creates the environment for rumour-mongering to flourish, analysts said. Example sentencesExamples - It used to be that we had to wait until an election year for negative campaigning, rumor-mongering, mud-slinging, and win-at-all-cost consultants.
- He and some other directors began indulging in witch-hunting and rumour-mongering, knowing fully well that such acts only harm the bank.
- Much of what they passed off as political analysis was little better than rumor-mongering and garbage-peddling.
- He warned members against rumour-mongering and indiscipline which he said threatened to divide and weaken the party in the district.
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