tattling

• Veraltetes Adjektiv für eine Person, die Geschichten oder Geheimnisse weitererzählt, oft kleinlich oder boshaft; auch für jemanden, der petzt oder anschwärzt.

An old-fashioned adjective describing someone who tells tales or secrets, often in a petty or malicious way.

1. Prone to revealing secretsB2informal

   Inclined to tell secrets or report others' private matters, often in a petty or malicious way.

   Zum Petzen neigend

   • The tattling child told the teacher about every minor rule broken.
   • She was known as a tattling gossip in the office.
   • His tattling nature made him unpopular among his peers.

   Synonymeblabbygossipytalebearingtattletaletelltale

   Antonymeclosemoutheddiscreetreticentsecretivetightlipped

• Verb, das verwendet wird, um das Weitererzählen von Geheimnissen oder das Melden von Verfehlungen anderer zu bezeichnen, oft in kleinlicher oder kindischer Weise.

A verb used to indicate the act of revealing secrets or reporting someone's wrongdoing, often in a petty or childish manner.

1. Chatter idlyB2informal

   To talk rapidly and incessantly about trivial or unimportant matters.

   Schwatzen

   • The children tattled away about their day at school.
   • She tattled on the phone for hours about nothing important.
   • They sat in the corner, tattling about the latest gossip.

   Synonymebabbleblatherchattergabblejabberprateprattle

2. Reveal secretsB2informal

   To divulge confidential information or secrets, often to an authority figure.

   Petzen

   • He tattled on his brother for breaking the vase.
   • She tattled to the teacher about the cheating.
   • Don't tattle on me, or I'll never trust you again.

   Synonymebetrayblabdivulgeinformleakratsnitchspillsquealtell

   Antonymeconcealharborkeep