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Synonyms for talebearing
| Grammar : Adj, noun |
| Spell : teyl-bair-er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪlˌbɛər ər |
Top 10 synonyms for talebearing Other synonyms for the word talebearing
- chronicle
- clothesline
- conversation
- cry
- defamation
- dirty laundry
- dirty linen
- dirty wash
- dishing
- earful
- gossipry
- grapevine
- hearsay
- idle talk
- injury
- malicious talk
- meddling
- news
- prate
- prattle
- prattling
- repeating
- report
- rumor
- scandal
- scuttlebutt
- slander
- small talk
- story
- tale
- taletelling
- talk
- tattle
- tattling
- tittle-tattle
- whispering campaign
- wire
- word
Définition of talebearing
- adj gossipy
- noun gossip
- In verse 17, we learn what ought to take the place of talebearing.
- Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Leviticus » by C. H. Mackintosh
- I strongly disapprove of talebearing of any sort, and wish to hear no more of this.
- Extract from : « The Hand of Ethelberta » by Thomas Hardy
- What I should fear in friendship is the comment, and interference, and talebearing, I often see connected with it.
- Extract from : « Chambers' Edinburgh Journal » by Various
- Guard with vigilance against a talebearing and tattling spirit.
- Extract from : « A Memorial of Mrs. Margaret Breckinridge » by Archibald Alexander
- Very little open quarrelling ever took place amongst them; but backbiting and talebearing were universal.
- Extract from : « The Professor » by (AKA Charlotte Bronte) Currer Bell
- It excludes all suspicion of partiality, of personal malignity, of secret shying and talebearing.
- Extract from : « The History of England from the Accession of James II. » by Thomas Babington Macaulay
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