GOSSIPED Synonyms: 32 Similar and Opposite Words

gossiped

verb

past tense of gossip

as in talked

to relate sometimes questionable or secret information of a personal nature a neighbor who loves to gossip with others about that couple's loud arguments

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Recent Examples of gossiped The two friends also gossiped about the buzz surrounding their friendship, Shawkat previously told The New Yorker. — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026 If her fellow cast members were debriefed about her dismissal or gossiped amongst themselves, it was not shown onscreen. — Kimi Robinson, USA Today, 1 July 2026 This is often easier said than done – no one wants to be gossiped about. — R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 13 June 2026 The column gossiped about which journalists and pundits did not pass the new purity test. — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 7 May 2026 One student was determined to get high-fives from a reporter, and students gossiped about gaining fame in the local paper. — Joseph States, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026 The records have thousands of references to Trump, including emails in which Epstein and others shared news articles, commented on his policies, or gossiped about him and his family. — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 1 Feb. 2026 Researchers found that both same-gender and different-gender couples gossiped for about 38 minutes a day individually and 29 minutes a day together. — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 9 Aug. 2025 During their interview, Turbulence and Burrita shared stories, gossiped and threw shade at Mexican actors, newscasters and performers. — Francisco Tijerina, The Conversation, 24 July 2025

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The night before our spaghetti dinner, Caleb sat me down by the cabin’s large, whirling fireplace and talked to me about meatballs for two hours.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2026
In a follow-up phone interview, Collins talked further about the toll taken.

— Alicia Wallace, CNN Money, 16 Oct. 2026

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