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Antonyms for blether
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : bleth -er |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈblɛð ər |
Definition of blether
- As in talebearing : noun gossip
- As in gossip : noun talk about others; rumor
- As in tittle-tattle : verb gossip
- As in gossip : verb talk about others; spread rumors
- "I'm talkin' blether," she said, stumbling over a stone in the road.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- He replied, Och, we just boomed yon stone boxes until they stopped their blether, and then went to the next one.
- Extract from : « The History of the 51st (Highland) Division 1914-1918 » by Frederick William Bewsher
- These conversations usually ended in an admonition from Lisbeth to Peter to eat his meat and no blether.
- Extract from : « Hunter's Marjory » by Margaret Bruce Clarke
- Her faither's ga' blether's fu' o' ga' stanes, or as my faither ca'es them, ga' nuts—a decided icterus or jaundice.
- Extract from : « Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX » by Alexander Leighton
- As if the holy Psalmist thought of rattling rhymes in blether, like his own silly clinkum-clankum that he calls verse!
- Extract from : « Red Cap Tales » by Samuel Rutherford Crockett
- In the same way Mr. Philip can blether to his silly heart's content and he'll never prove that I'm a bold girl.
- Extract from : « The Judge » by Rebecca West
Synonyms for blether
- account
- babble
- back-fence talk
- bad-mouth
- bend one's ear
- blab
- blather
- blether
- buzz
- calumny
- chat
- chatter
- chitchat
- chronicle
- clothesline
- conversation
- cry
- cut to pieces
- cut up
- defamation
- dirty laundry
- dirty linen
- dirty wash
- dish
- earful
- gossipry
- grapevine
- hearsay
- hint
- idle talk
- imply
- injury
- insinuate
- intimate
- jaw
- malicious talk
- meddling
- news
- noise
- prate
- prattle
- rattle on
- repeat
- report
- rumor
- scandal
- schmoose
- scuttlebutt
- slander
- small talk
- spill the beans
- spread
- story
- suggest
- tale
- talk
- talk idly
- tattle
- tell secrets
- tell tales
- tell tales out of school
- tittle-tattle
- whisper
- whispering campaign
- wiggle-waggle
- wire
- word
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