How to Use gossipy in a Sentence

gossipy

adjective
Definition of gossipynext
Synonyms for gossipynext
  • The blinds, as a result, are wild and gossipy and fun to read.
    — Allie Jones, The Cut, 14 Dec. 2017
  • And yes, the gossipy details of who, what, when, and where are once again right there.
    — Vulture, 30 June 2023
  • The whole aesthetic of the book is more gossipy than that.
    — refinery29.com, 9 July 2018
  • So sing your heart out, tell all your deepest, gossipy secrets on the phone, or just take a nap and snore away.
    — Ann Lien, House Beautiful, 23 May 2019
  • The title suggests a gossipy tell-all, and there’s a heaping dollop of that.
    — Kathy Kiely, Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2022
  • Cox's memoir hits shelves in all its gossipy glory on Jan. 18.
    — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2022
  • Sun was glinting off the creek, a gossipy circle of wild turkeys faced us on the other side, and Somers was in a pensive mood.
    — Washington Post, 2 May 2022
  • Not that Pike’s Elspeth, a blithe and gossipy ex-model (and a contender for funniest zingers of the year), would say so to her face.
    — Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 17 Nov. 2023
  • An inevitable one, a gossipy first draft of a movie history (the MCU is far from over) that seems to some like the end of movie history.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023
  • But is this focus on Mr. Adams’s appearance just a gossipy pile-on?
    — Sarah Maslin Nir, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • On the contrary, the details of the crime and its coverup are even more damning than the incident’s gossipy aspects would suggest.
    — Alan Zilberman, idahostatesman, 5 Apr. 2018
  • On a bad day, this transit can become a bit gossipy, which is never a cute look, Virgo babe.
    — Aliza Kelly Faragher, Allure, 19 Dec. 2017
  • The gossipy tendencies of the Vatican tend to disappear the closer somebody gets to the pope.
    — Washington Post, 27 Dec. 2019
  • In many ways, Chopra’s memoir is a standard account of working in the film industry, at turns grim and gossipy.
    — Annie Berke, Washington Post, 22 Nov. 2022
  • This has created an ecosystem that can be harsh, gossipy, and bigoted like the 2000s tabloids were.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 25 May 2021
  • Wendy Williams, the gossipy and fabulous queen of daytime drama.
    — Alex Frank, Vogue, 19 Dec. 2018
  • The men specialized in scandalous and gossipy books about the Chinese leadership which are banned on the mainland.
    — James Griffiths, CNN, 24 Oct. 2017
  • But the decision to keep the impending breakup of FGL a secret rubbed him wrong and helped feed the gossipy drama that consumed the duo’s final act.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2023
  • But in a pandemic, there are none of the usual gossipy gatherings.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 17 Mar. 2021
  • Singsanong was the protective, gossipy one who kept everyone in line.
    — Frank Shyong, Los Angeles Times, 23 June 2023
  • In these final performances, the playwright Drew Droege once again puts on the Hawaiian shirt and picks up the cocktail glass as gossipy Gerry.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2018
  • By now, much of the gossipy portions of the book about Melania and Ivanka's Trump strained relationship are out, to much glee among Trump critics.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2020
  • At the end of 2015, five Hong Kong booksellers, who published gossipy books about China's elite, went missing.
    — Angus Watson and Karina Tsui, CNN, 29 June 2017
  • Some are gossipy tell-all trash; some are dry, academic histories of the medium.
    — Scott Phillips, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Gawker, the gossipy and snarky pop-culture site rebooted in mid-2021, is shutting down — for a second time.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 1 Feb. 2023
  • And offices are gossipy places, so telling your less-anxious reports will almost always get back to the more-anxious ones.
    — Megan Greenwell, Wired, 14 Apr. 2021
  • Apple’s cloud copies of many things on your phone, including your photos and your gossipy iMessage group chats.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 8 Dec. 2022
  • After all, workplaces can sometimes feel cloistered and gossipy and dull.
    — Sarah Todd, Quartz, 12 May 2021
  • Comics are comics — a bunch of gossipy high-school girls — but at that time, our hand, as a community in a lot of ways, was forced to take a stand politically.
    — Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The rare book market is just what its name suggests: rarefied, small, intimate, gossipy.
    — Jorge Dionis, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2013

Some of these examples are programmatically compiled from various online sources to illustrate current usage of the word 'gossipy.' Any opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback about these examples.

Last Updated: