scandalmonger
nounEtymology From scandal + monger.
1
One who trades in gossip; one who collects and disseminates rumors.
- The reporter for the tabloid called himself a journalist but was really nothing more than a scandalmonger.
- Derived terms
- scandalmongering, scandalmongery
- Related terms
- gossipmonger, newsmonger, rumormonger, monger