tittle-tattled

Shared idle gossip

Tittle-tattled is the past tense of tittle-tattle, meaning to engage in idle gossip or spread trivial rumors: They tittle-tattled about the neighbors for hours.

The word has a playful, old-fashioned ring, suggesting harmless but pointless chatter rather than malicious rumor-mongering.

gossip

whispered

Spoke without full voice

chattered · prattled · babbled · leaked · divulged · spilled · told · shared · circulated · repeated

betrayal

snitched

Informed on someone

reported · exposed · betrayed · told on · gave away · turned in · dobbed · grassed · narked · sold out

trivial

prattled

Talked idly at length

rambled · droned · yammered · went on · waffled · jabbered · pattered · twittered · clacked · palavered

Opposites
discretion

tittle-tattledkept quiet

buttoned up · said nothing · withheld · concealed · hushed up

communication substance

tittle-tattleddeliberated

Thought carefully before deciding

debated · discoursed

Family

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