scandal-bearer
Definition
Noun: - A person who spreads scandal: a "scandal-bearer" is an individual who deliberately carries and disseminates malicious gossip or damaging information about others, often with the intent to harm their reputation.
Usage Examples
- (A person who spreads harmful gossip about coworkers.)
- (A person who disseminates damaging information publicly.)
Advanced Usage
- "to act as a scandal-bearer": to take on the role of spreading scandal.
- He acted as a scandal-bearer among the social circle, ruining friendships with his tales. (He deliberately spread damaging stories.)
Variants and Related Words
- Scandal (n): an action or event regarded as morally or legally wrong and causing public outrage.
- The corruption case was a major scandal. (A shocking, disgraceful event.)
- Scandalous (adj): causing general public outrage by a perceived offense against morality or law.
- His scandalous behavior was widely condemned. (His actions were shocking and disgraceful.)
- Bear (v): to carry or convey.
- He bears the news to everyone. (He carries and delivers information.)
Synonyms
- Gossip: a person who habitually spreads personal information about others.
- Talebearer: a person who maliciously reports or spreads stories about others.
- Rumor-monger: a person who spreads rumors, often false or damaging.
Related Idioms
- "To bear a tale": to carry and repeat a story, especially one that is harmful.
- She never fails to bear a tale about her neighbors. (She always spreads gossip.)
- "To make a scandal": to cause a public uproar by revealing damaging information.
- He made a scandal by exposing the company's secrets. (He caused public outrage by revealing harmful facts.)