as in informant
a person who provides information about another's wrongdoing
don't be such a tattletale and tell me about every little thing your sister does
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Recent Examples of tattletale
That kid has tattletale energy.
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Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches.
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Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
Years later, their youngest daughter, Hannah Burch – now 24 and a mother herself – shared a viral TikTok video reflecting on the unique ways she and her siblings were raised — from rules around being a tattletale to monthly family yardwork and chore expectations.
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Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, The Croat, being a complete and total tattletale, blabbed to The Dama that Negan had hesitated.
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Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
11 May 2025
Upsides And Downsides Are At Stake Generative AI can readily be shaped as a tattletale or snitch by an AI maker.
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Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
The two of them, as though after a party, would have stood at the sink cleaning dishes and wondering which among the attendees was the traitor, the tattletale.
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Hazlitt,
26 July 2023
We’re basically guaranteed to see that thing where one person tells Zach that another person is there for the wrong reasons, but then the tattletale winds up consumed by their own vendetta and self-sabotages.
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Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2023
One errant tweet, one mistimed joke, one honest opinion overheard by an oversensitive busybody with the shrunken soul of a schoolyard tattletale, and a person’s job can be lost and his reputation destroyed.
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James E. Person Jr.,
National Review,
17 Sep. 2020
Roxana Hadadi,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2026
People who come forward are called narcs, tattletales and snitches.
—
Eric Sondheimer,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
Years later, their youngest daughter, Hannah Burch – now 24 and a mother herself – shared a viral TikTok video reflecting on the unique ways she and her siblings were raised — from rules around being a tattletale to monthly family yardwork and chore expectations.
—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
18 Oct. 2025
Unfortunately, The Croat, being a complete and total tattletale, blabbed to The Dama that Negan had hesitated.
—
Charlie Mason,
TVLine,
11 May 2025
Upsides And Downsides Are At Stake Generative AI can readily be shaped as a tattletale or snitch by an AI maker.
—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes,
14 Mar. 2025
The two of them, as though after a party, would have stood at the sink cleaning dishes and wondering which among the attendees was the traitor, the tattletale.
—
Hazlitt,
26 July 2023
We’re basically guaranteed to see that thing where one person tells Zach that another person is there for the wrong reasons, but then the tattletale winds up consumed by their own vendetta and self-sabotages.
—
Andrea Marks,
Rolling Stone,
23 Jan. 2023
One errant tweet, one mistimed joke, one honest opinion overheard by an oversensitive busybody with the shrunken soul of a schoolyard tattletale, and a person’s job can be lost and his reputation destroyed.
—
James E. Person Jr.,
National Review,
17 Sep. 2020
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tattletale
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Two years ago, an FBI informant met with a South Florida man who expressed his desire to join an anti-government militia and build a bomb targeting a New York City landmark, the FBI said.
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Babeuf was betrayed by an informant, put on trial in 1797, and eventually acquitted of conspiracy, but he was executed for committing his ideas about inequality to print.
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One of State Security’s main goals, as well as a central source of its strength, is turning civilians into informers.
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And so every regime invests in having student informers.
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Restaurants As The Canary The restaurant industry is a useful canary for any business watching this dynamic.
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The Edge and Adam Clayton both release canaries into the air in slow motion.
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Critter Control offers specialized pest control plans to get rid of raccoons, squirrels, rats, mice, bats and more.
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The antibody combination performed well in both mice and rats.
Noun
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Wandering tattlers, the ruddy turnstone and a variety of other summer migrants will be found on our local beaches.
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Tattling to the Bachelor doesn’t always go well for the tattler.
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Adriana Valasis, an N+ reporter in Mexico City who has covered World Cups and the Olympic Games, has seen firsthand how the Mexican national team lifted the fans’ spirits and brought Mexican society together.
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Mike Snider is a national trending news reporter for USA TODAY.
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“Tattletale.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tattletale. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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