as in gossiper
a person who habitually reveals personal or sensational facts about others
the couple's loud quarrel had the building's yentas yapping for a week
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Recent Examples of yenta
The Survivors’ name alone is offensive for the yentas.
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Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Abzug is the pushy yenta of the Senate, a pragmatist willing to make concessions to secure male allies.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2020
This Tinder-esque development allows users to create separate profiles to pursue romantic connections, with Facebook acting as an algorithmic yenta.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 1 May 2018
Meanwhile, amidst adapting to their new status, Mrs. Jha overcomes her Gurgaon disorientation long enough to play yenta for her closest Mayur Palli friend, a too-young widow, and Mr. Chopra’s older brother.
—Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2017
Listening to her must have given him a thrill: Here was one very big-time yenta whispering advice and encouragement into the wide-open ear of a less important one.
—Richard Sandomir, SI.com, 21 June 2017
Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2024
Abzug is the pushy yenta of the Senate, a pragmatist willing to make concessions to secure male allies.
—Doreen St. Félix, The New Yorker, 20 Apr. 2020
This Tinder-esque development allows users to create separate profiles to pursue romantic connections, with Facebook acting as an algorithmic yenta.
—Steven Levy, WIRED, 1 May 2018
Meanwhile, amidst adapting to their new status, Mrs. Jha overcomes her Gurgaon disorientation long enough to play yenta for her closest Mayur Palli friend, a too-young widow, and Mr. Chopra’s older brother.
—Terry Hong, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 June 2017
Listening to her must have given him a thrill: Here was one very big-time yenta whispering advice and encouragement into the wide-open ear of a less important one.
—Richard Sandomir, SI.com, 21 June 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for yenta
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors The Diablo series is one of the most prolific and influential video games series in history, with the first game in the series having almost single handedly pioneered the modern dungeon crawler RPG genre.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Apr. 2025
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Get into the habit of putting empathy before gossip.—
Jenna Ryu,
SELF,
21 Apr. 2025
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“Yenta.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/yenta. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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