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Groundless — Ground less, a. [AS. grundle[ a]s bottomless.] Without ground or foundation; wanting cause or reason for support; not authorized; false; baseless; as, groundless fear; a groundless report, rumor, or assertion. {Ground less*ly}, adv. {Ground… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rumor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. report, hearsay, gossip, common talk. See information, news. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Common talk] Syn. hearsay, gossip, report, news, tidings, intelligence, dispatch, scandal, tittle tattle, word of… … English dictionary for students
talk — Synonyms and related words: accent, accents, address, advertise, after dinner speech, air, allocution, analyze, argot, assignment, babble, back fence gossip, balderdash, balls, ballyhoo, bat the breeze, be in connection, be in contact, be… … Moby Thesaurus
hearsay — hear·say / hir ˌsā/ n: a statement made out of court and not under oath which is offered as proof that what is stated is true – called also hearsay evidence; Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. hearsay … Law dictionary
ground´less|ness — ground|less «GROWND lihs», adjective. without foundation, basis, or reason; unfounded: »a groundless rumor. A groundless fiction that cannot be proved (Richard Baxter). SYNONYM(S): baseless. –ground´less|ly, adverb. –ground´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
ground´less|ly — ground|less «GROWND lihs», adjective. without foundation, basis, or reason; unfounded: »a groundless rumor. A groundless fiction that cannot be proved (Richard Baxter). SYNONYM(S): baseless. –ground´less|ly, adverb. –ground´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
ground|less — «GROWND lihs», adjective. without foundation, basis, or reason; unfounded: »a groundless rumor. A groundless fiction that cannot be proved (Richard Baxter). SYNONYM(S): baseless. –ground´less|ly, adverb. –ground´less|ness, noun … Useful english dictionary
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gossip — Synonyms and related words: Paul Pry, Peeping Tom, a tale bearing animal, account, ace, amigo, associate, babble, babblement, back fence gossip, banter, bavardage, be closeted with, bedfellow, bedmate, bibble babble, blab, blabber, blabbermouth,… … Moby Thesaurus
tale — Synonyms and related words: account, aggregate, all, amount, anecdotage, anecdote, back fence gossip, backbiting, backstabbing, be all and end all, belittlement, blague, box score, calumny, canard, cast, chitchat, chronicle, cock and bull story,… … Moby Thesaurus
