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Synonyms for talebearing


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : teyl-bair-er
Phonetic Transcription : ˈteɪlˌbɛər ər

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Définition of talebearing

  • adj gossipy
  • noun gossip
Example sentences :
  • 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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