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Definition: Scandalmonger |
ScandalmongerNoun1. A person who spreads malicious gossip. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
News | Narrator; (describe); newsmonger, scandalmonger; talebearer, telltale, gossip, tattler. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scandalmonger |
| Specialty definitions using "scandalmonger": Devils. (references) |
| "Scandalmonger" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Scandalmonger" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "scandalmonger"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | shpifës (calumniator, calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, detractive, detractor, detractory, deviser, libeller, libellous, slanderous), thashethemaxhi (scandal-bearer, talebearer, taleteller, talkative, telltale), ngatërrestar (busybody, intrigant, meddlesome, mischief maker, schemer, troublemaker), gojët e liga, fjalëkeq. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كاتب ردئ, مروج إشاعات, النمام, الأفاك (impostor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сплетник (backbiter, busybody, mischief maker, quidnunc, rumor monger, rumour monger, talebearing, taleteller, troublemaker, whisperer), клюкар (gossip, newsmonger, peddler of gossip, pedlar of gossip, quidnunc, retailer of gossip, rumor monger, rumour monger, talebearer, tattler, tattletale, telltale), интригант (intrigant, intriguant, intriguer, machinator, mischief maker, schemer, spider, wriggler). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pomlouvaè (detractor), klevetník (gossip), drbna (gossip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | پخش کننده شایعات افتضاح امیز. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | juoruakka (gossip). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | torchon, mauvaise langue, colporteur de ragots. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | klatschbase (chatterbox, gossip, gossip monger, tabby, telltale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κουσκουσούρησ (gossip, newsy), κουτσομπόλησ (gossiper, newsmonger, tale bearer, tale teller), διαδίδων σκάνδαλα. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שערורן, רכלן (gossip, gossiper, gossipmonger, talebearer, tattletale, telltale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | seminatore di scandali, malalingua (gossipmonger). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | scammaltagh, neareyder (shamer), chengleyr scammaltagh, caartreyder (abuser, denigrator, libeller, slanderer), beealerey scammyltagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | andalmongerscay mexeriqueiro (gossipy, newsmonger, peddlery, pedlar, quidnunc, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, telltale), maldizente (uncharitable), difamador (blackmouth, slanderous). (various references) calomniator (backbiter, calumniator, calumniatory, calumnious, defamatory, defamer, libellous, slanderer). (various references) сплетник (blabber, fiction-monger, gossipmonger, newsmonger, quidnunc, scandal-bearer, talebearer, taleteller, tattletale, telltale, whisperer). (various references) opanjkavalo, ogovarač (backbiter, slanderer, whisperer). (various references) chismoso (blab, blabber, gossip, gossiping, gossipmonger, quidnunc, rumor monger, rumour monger, talebearer, tattletale). (various references) skvallerkärring (scandal-bearer). (various references) lafçı (peddler, pedlar), lâfebesi, dedikoducu (babbler, back biter, backbiter, gossipmonger, gossipper, gossipy, newsmonger, peddler, pedlar, retailer of news, scandalous, talebearer, taleteller, tattler, telltale, tittle tattle). (various references) gybatkeю (gossipper). (various references) пліткарка (cat), пліткар (blabber, bobber, buzzer, cackler, earwig, gossiper, novelist, peddler, pedlar, pimp, quidnunc, retailer, tattler, tattletale, telltale, tittle tattle). (various references) kẻ nói xấu sau lưng (scandal-bearer), kẻ gièm pha (denigrator, scandal-bearer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scandalmonger": scandalmongering, scandalmongerings, scandalmongers. (additional references) | |
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"Scandalmonger" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Scandalkonzert. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-c-d-e-g-l-m-n-n-o-r-s" | |
-2 letters: carmagnoles. | |
-3 letters: carmagnole, cladograms, comanagers, cradlesong, engarlands, gasconader, rangelands. | |
-4 letters: amelcorns, androgens, calendars, cardamons, cladogram, clangored, colanders, comanaged, comanager, comanages, conelrads, cornmeals, crannoges, decagrams, dragomans, ealdorman, engarland, gasconade, gladsomer, grandames, magdalens, mangonels, nanograms, ordnances, rangeland, scalogram. | |
-5 letters: acerolas, acrogens, adenomas, adrenals, agnomens, alamodes, alderman, alencons, almoners, amelcorn, anconeal, androgen, armloads, calderas, caldrons, calendar, candelas, candlers, caramels, cardamon, carloads, carnages, caseload, celadons, ceramals, clamored, clangers, clangors, clansman, clansmen, colander, comanage, comrades, condemns, conelrad, congeals, cordages, cornmeal, cragsman, cragsmen, crannoge, crannogs, dalesman, damagers, danglers, decagons, decagram, decalogs, dragoman, dragomen, earldoms, endosarc, gamelans, garlands, gladsome, glancers, glanders, goldarns, gomerals, gormands, grandame, grandams, grandmas, grandson, granolas, ladrones, landsman, landsmen, largando, leadsman, madonnas, madronas, madrones, magdalen, manacled, manacles, managers, mandolas, mandrels, manglers, mangolds, mangonel, monardas, monerans, mongrels, nanogram, nonglare, norlands, normande, ordnance, ransomed, romanced, romances, sagamore, scleroma, scrannel, seladang, smaragde, solander, sonarman, sonarmen. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-c-d-e-g-l-m-n-n-o-r-s" | |
+1 letter: scandalmongers. | |
+3 letters: scandalmongering. | |
+4 letters: scandalmongerings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 61 6E 64 61 6C 6D 6F 6E 67 65 72 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01101110 01100100 01100001 01101100 01101101 01101111 01101110 01100111 01100101 01110010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a n d a l m o n g e r |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 006E 0064 0061 006C 006D 006F 006E 0067 0065 0072 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53696780706778798180737184 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage Frequency 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Derivations 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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