newsmonger


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news·mon·ger

(no͞oz′mŭng′gər, -mŏng′-, nyo͞oz′-)
n.
One who spreads news, especially a gossip.
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newsmonger

(ˈnjuːzˌmʌŋɡə)
n
old-fashioned a gossip
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news•mon•ger

(ˈnuzˌmʌŋ gər, -ˌmɒŋ-, ˈnyuz-)

n.
a person who spreads gossip or idle talk; a gossip or gossipmonger.
[1590–1600]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun 1. newsmonger - a person given to gossiping and divulging personal information about others
communicator - a person who communicates with others
cat - a spiteful woman gossip; "what a cat she is!"
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
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newsmonger

noun
A person habitually engaged in idle talk about others:
Slang: yenta.
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The newsmonger is of the number, but his manner is not quite hearty--there is something of surliness in his compliments.
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They are always useless, and are besides perfect nonsense, When used by a newsmonger...." We decide, then we report.
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ACROSS: 7 Delve' 8 Consume' 9 Imperil' 10 Taboo' 12 Astringent' 15 Newsmonger' 18 Leave' 19 Tension' 21 Shearer' 22 Gloss.
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Hazlitt's own transition from crabbed philosopher to popular journalist emerges from the influence of writers like Francis Bacon and Edmund Burke ("an ingenious political essayist") and the eighteenth-century periodical essayists in whose writings, Hazlitt observes, "the philosopher and wit here commences newsmonger." Like Habermas after him, Hazlitt observes in his age a repositioning (and diffusion) of critical authority throughout society--a corollary of which is a peculiarly modern sense of himself as both a critic and a consumer of culture.
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The 65-year-old Ritchie County native and local newsmonger is wearing a baseball cap emblazoned with the words "God Bless America." A fresh Ritchie Gazette is jammed in his back pocket.
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