Enter the word for search

rumormongering

/ˈruːməˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ/

/ˈruːmɚˌmʌŋɡɚɪŋ/

Translations

rumormongeringnoun

colportage de rumeursFait de répandre des rumeurs ou des ragots.

The office was rife with rumormongering, making it difficult to discern the truth.

Le bureau était plein de colportage de rumeurs, ce qui rendait difficile de discerner la vérité.

Synonyms

rumormongeringgerund / present participle

/ˈruːməˌmʌŋɡərɪŋ/

/ˈruːmɚˌmʌŋɡɚɪŋ/

Used attributively; present-participle adjective.

colporteur de rumeursEmploi adjectival ; se dit d’un propos, d’un article ou d’une attitude qui répand des rumeurs.

The rumormongering remarks quickly soured the meeting.

Les remarques colporteuses de rumeurs ont vite gâché la réunion.

Synonyms

rumormongerverb

rumormongering

Gerund

rumormongered

Past Simple

rumormongered

Past Participle

rumormongering

Gerund

/ˈruːməˌmʌŋɡə/

/ˈruːmərˌmʌŋɡər/

Occasional in modern usage; ‘rumormonger’ functions as an intransitive or transitive verb meaning ‘to spread rumors’.

colporter des rumeurs

Political operatives often rumormonger to sway public opinion.

Les agents politiques colportent souvent des rumeurs pour influencer l’opinion publique.

Additional translations

faire courir des rumeursTour plus naturel en français courant.

Definitions

rumormongeringnoun

The act of spreading rumors or gossip.

The office was rife with rumormongering, making it difficult to discern the truth.

rumormongeringgerund / present participle

Engaged in or characterized by the spreading of rumors or gossip.

The rumormongering remarks quickly soured the meeting.

rumormongerverb

To spread rumors or gossip; to engage in rumor-mongering.

Political operatives often rumormonger to sway public opinion.