: characterized by, full of, or given to gossip
a gossipy letter
gossipy neighbors
Examples of gossipy in a Sentence
this book on the people who have occupied the White House is a little too gossipy to qualify as serious history
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Waddingham plays gossipy yacht guest Heidi in The Woman in Cabin 10 — but in real life, the actress is focused on being a single mother to her daughter.
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Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
My father also still relished that gossipy story from our neighborhood about a man whose wife left him and took the children and all the furniture.
—Susan Cheever, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
Potential changes were always a gossipy topic in business and finance.
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With this passage, McEwan’s gossipy details snap into focus.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
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Lynsey Eidell, PEOPLE, 11 Oct. 2025
My father also still relished that gossipy story from our neighborhood about a man whose wife left him and took the children and all the furniture.
—Susan Cheever, Vogue, 29 Sep. 2025
Potential changes were always a gossipy topic in business and finance.
—Alex Mayyasi, NPR, 23 Sep. 2025
With this passage, McEwan’s gossipy details snap into focus.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for gossipy
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“Gossipy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gossipy. Accessed 24 Oct. 2025.
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