Meanings
comparative gossipier · superlative gossipiest
- Prone to gossip.
‘Tell me who you saw and what they said,’ she says, in one of her gossipy moods.
2016, Sarah Perry, The Essex Serpent, Serpentʼs Tail (2017), page 414 - Containing much gossip.
In examining Capote, Clarke follows the course of the precocious writer's life with painstaking attention to gossipy detail. It's an exhaustive roller coaster of a read, a high-tilt immersion into the social swirl and scandal that accompanied most of Capote's adult life.
1988 December 11, Elizabeth Pincus, “Truman Capote: The Gossip, The Dirt”, in Gay Community News, volume 16, number 22, page 7
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveprone to friendly informal communication
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Catalan xafarder
- xafarderprone to gossip
Esperanto ĉikanema, klaĉema
- ĉikanemaprone to gossip
- klaĉemaprone to gossip
Italian pettegolo
- pettegoloprone to gossip
Polish bajczarski, plotkarski
- bajczarskiprone to gossip
- plotkarskiprone to gossip
Portuguese mexeriqueiro, fofoqueiro
- mexeriqueiroprone to gossip
- fofoqueiroprone to gossip
Spanish cotilla, chismoso
- cotillaprone to gossip
- chismosoprone to gossip
Swedish skvalleraktig, skvallrig
- skvalleraktigprone to gossip
- skvallrigprone to gossip
Tagalog palatsismis
- palatsismisprone to gossip
Cite this entry
gossipy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossipy
“gossipy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gossipy. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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