scandalmongery

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The act of listening to and telling scandalous rumors. uncountable,usually
    — As may be supposed, the business could not but suffer by these long hours passed in drunkenness and scandalmongery, but Mrs, Eusville had three daughters to bring out, and she hoped — when she had disposed of her shop, and her feet were set on the redoubtable staircase of Cork Hill — that her aristocratic friend would extend to her a corial helping hand.
  2. A scandalous rumor that is spread in such a manner. uncountable,usually
    — You must own their lot has not fallen in a fair ground, and as far as I can make out, although their visits are productive of a terrible amount of gossip and scandalmongery, they have never been found out in thieving or roguery.”

词形变化

scandalmongeries plural

词源

From scandalmonger + -y.
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