rumour

N ข่าวลือ  hearsay gossip scandal kao-rue

rumour abroad

PHRV ลือ ข่าว  กระจาย ข่าว  blaze abroad bruit abroad lue-kao

rumour

rumour |ˈruːmə |(US rumor ) ▶noun a currently circulating story or report of uncertain or doubtful truth: they were investigating rumours of a massacre | [ mass noun ] : rumour has it that he will take a year off. ▶verb (be rumoured ) be circulated as an unverified account: [ with clause ] : it's rumoured that he lives on a houseboat | [ with infinitive ] : she is rumoured to have gone into hiding. ORIGIN late Middle English: from Old French rumur, from Latin rumor ‘noise ’.

rumour-monger

rumour-monger |ˈruːməmʌŋɡə (r )| ▶noun derogatory a person who spreads rumours. DERIVATIVES rumour-mongering noun

rumour

rumour noun 1 rumour has it that they have been dabbling in the black arts: gossip, hearsay, talk, tittle-tattle; informal the grapevine, the word on the street; Brit. informal goss; N. Amer. informal scuttlebutt, poop; Austral. /NZ informal furphy; archaic fame. 2 she had already heard rumours about the couple's problems: piece of gossip, report, story, whisper, canard; speculation; information, word, news; French on dit; informal buzz; rare bruit. ANTONYMS hard facts.

rumoured

rumoured adjective a prominent politician is rumoured to be among the customers: said to be, reported to be; reportedly, reputedly, allegedly, apparently, by all accounts, so the story goes.