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Synonyms for rumor

Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : roo-mer
Phonetic Transcription : ˈru mər

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Définition of rumor

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Old French rumor "commotion, widespread noise or report" (Modern French rumeur), from Latin rumorem (nominative rumor) "noise, clamor, common talk, hearsay, popular opinion," related to ravus "hoarse," from PIE *reu- "to bellow." Related: Rumorous. Rumor mill is from 1887. Dutch rumoer, German Rumor are from French.
  • noun talk about supposed truth
  • verb tell a supposed truth
Example sentences :
  • That morning a rumor had reached the village of a famine in the island of Crete.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • They were built upon high cliffs and rumor had it that no enemy could take them.
  • Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
  • We had paused to recuperate our animals, and there was a rumor that we were to get new clothing.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • The rumor of the threatened attack on the spread was known to all the nine now.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Indeed there was rumor that white travelers had seen them north of Mexico.
  • Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne
  • There is a rumor that Charles Kingsley was included in the consultation.
  • Extract from : « A Writer's Recollections (In Two Volumes), Volume II » by Mrs. Humphry Ward
  • Was it not true that only the day before there had been a rumor that Bazaine was at Verdun?
  • Extract from : « The Downfall » by Emile Zola
  • He told his sister this when she called to learn if the rumor she had heard was true.
  • Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
  • Rumor had it that some of the worshipers were later found and identified.
  • Extract from : « Lords of the Stratosphere » by Arthur J. Burks
  • No rumor of the arrest had got abroad, and no crowd was collected about the office doors.
  • Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

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