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Recent Examples of tattler Tattling to the Bachelor doesn’t always go well for the tattler. Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 25 Feb. 2025 Mortimer Zuckerman, the owner, hired him to replace a British editor who had turned it from a brash, tough-guy paper into a tattler of celebrity gossip and supermarket tabloid stunts. Robert D. McFadden, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2020 Being a tattler or someone who is too focused on the drama rarely works out, largely because those dudes are more focused on screen time than the lead. Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 20 June 2019 Dwight and Eugene remain at an ideological impasse, but Eugene is too busy waffling between his morality and his desire to stay alive to actually pick a side—and for reasons unknown, Dwight hasn’t found a way to simply ax the potential tattler. Laura Bradley, HWD, 3 Dec. 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tattler
Noun
  • These punteros, as they’re called, have for years worked as low-level informants for the cartel.
    Kevin Sieff, The Atlantic, 13 Aug. 2026
  • The case was expanded to investigate possible tax charges in 2019 under Attorney General Bill Barr, with the focus shifting to the SPLC's bank accounts and its payments to informants.
    Jacob Rosen, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
    Abraham Jiménez Enoa, The Dial, 19 May 2026
  • And so every regime invests in having student informers.
    Anne Applebaum, The Atlantic, 23 Jan. 2026
Noun
  • Kevin Tubbs grew up in a comfortable suburb outside Omaha, Nebraska, in a canary-yellow ranch house filled with dogs.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 July 2026
  • Carolina Jessamine This vine with sweet-scented, canary-yellow flowers in the spring is native to the southern United States.
    Nadia Hassani, The Spruce, 9 July 2026
Noun
  • That kid has tattletale energy.
    Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2026
  • People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches.
    Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 26 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Sure, Rand Paul has a personal grudge against him, but Paul is crazier than a sh–house rat.
    Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall said Deniro Laster had broken the conditions of his bond by trying to intimidate witnesses and obstruct justice, including by sending a rat emoji on Instagram to a potential witness.
    Mike Vorkunov, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2026
Noun
  • And that was in the opening statement — before any reporters asked a question.
    Jesse Newell, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
  • Associated Press reporter Meg Kinnard in Columbia, South Carolina, also contributed.
    ABC News, ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026

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“Tattler.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tattler. Accessed 17 Aug. 2026.

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