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Synonyms for talebearer


Grammar : Noun
Spell : teyl-bair-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪlˌbɛər ər

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Définition of talebearer

  • noun gossip
Example sentences :
  • The talebearer had given him an exaggerated account of the interview.
  • Extract from : « Flip's "Islands of Providence" » by Annie Fellows Johnston
  • If he did these things, was he not a "talebearer" within the meaning of the rule?
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. I (of II) » by Walter M. Chandler
  • Nobody could call him a detractor or a backbiter or a talebearer or a liar.
  • Extract from : « Bunyan Characters » by Alexander Whyte
  • A talebearer revealeth secrets: but he that is of a faithful spirit concealeth the matter.
  • Extract from : « An Explanation of Luther's Small Catechism » by Joseph Stump
  • May we never suffer a tale to pass our lips; and let us never stand to hearken to a talebearer.
  • Extract from : « Notes on the Book of Leviticus » by C. H. Mackintosh
  • It does not always transpire that we are benefited by the act of the talebearer, but in this case it was highly salutary.
  • Extract from : « Trail Tales » by James David Gillilan
  • Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people.
  • Extract from : « The Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer's Standpoint, Vol. I (of II) » by Walter M. Chandler
  • The dissection of a slanderer's or talebearer's heart would present the most loathsome specimen of morbid anatomy conceivable.
  • Extract from : « Conversation » by Andrew P. Peabody
  • She might be worse, and so might Ed Dotey; he's no talebearer, though he is a self-sufficient coxcomb.
  • Extract from : « Soldier Rigdale » by Beulah Marie Dix
  • Yet so it is: she may be a talebearer, a liar, and a thief; she may have a taste for brandy, and no heart.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition » by Robert Louis Stevenson
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