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Antonyms for prattling
Grammar : Adj, noun, verb, verb |
Spell : prat-l |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpræt l |
Definition of prattling
Origin :- 1530s, frequentative of prate (q.v.). Related: Prattled; prattling. The noun is attested from 1550s.
- As in babbling : adj chattering
- As in gossipy : adj tending to gossip
- As in talebearing : adj gossipy
- As in taletelling : adj gossipy
- As in gabby : adj talkative
- As in garrulous : adj talkative
- As in yak/yap : noun, verb talk a lot
- As in jaw : verb talk a lot
- As in patter : verb gab, chatter
- As in babble : verb talk trivially, often incessantly
- As in rattle : verb talk aimlessly, endlessly
- As in rave : verb talk endlessly
- As in shoot the breeze : verb chat, converse
- As in talk : verb produce words; inform
- As in tattle : verb gossip; tell rumor
- As in yap : verb chatter
- As in blab : verb gossip
- As in yak : verb talk
- As in clack : verb clatter
- As in prate : verb babble
- As in chat : verb talk, gossip
- As in chatter : verb speak fast and non-stop
- As in gibber : verb babble
- As in rhapsodize : verb rave
- As in tittle-tattle : verb gossip
- As in drivel : verb talk foolishly
- As in gab : verb talk a lot
- As in gossip : verb talk about others; spread rumors
- As in gush : verb speak with overwhelming enthusiasm
- Prattling, shrill chirping, and ringing bursts of laughter could be heard.
- Extract from : « Fruitfulness » by Emile Zola
- At night time old Mother Chantemesse heard them prattling softly.
- Extract from : « The Fat and the Thin » by Emile Zola
- Polly was prattling like a parrot, but Glory was silent and almost sad.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- He remembered her as a pretty, prattling thing of ten or eleven.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- What is the use of prattling about Universal Brotherhood, if you do not live it?
- Extract from : « London Lectures of 1907 » by Annie Besant
- Nor why I want to keep Mademoiselle Rose from prattling to him?
- Extract from : « White Lies » by Charles Reade
- Mrs. Cassley was prattling on, but her voice was merely a haze of sound to him.
- Extract from : « The Clue of the Twisted Candle » by Edgar Wallace
- Chatting is the practise of adults, prattling that of children.
- Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald
- There she was, sitting up between them, prattling and laughing.
- Extract from : « Edmund Dulacs Fairy-Book » by Edmund Dulac
- To a woman it indicates that she is foolish, prattling and idle.
- Extract from : « The Influence of the Stars » by Rosa Baughan
Synonyms for prattling
- articulate
- babble
- babbling
- bad-mouth
- be delirious
- bend one's ear
- betray
- blab
- blabber
- blabbering
- blabbermouth
- blabbing
- blabby
- blather
- blathering
- blethe
- blether
- blithering
- bloviate
- blow one's top
- blubber
- blurt
- blurt out
- boast
- brag
- broach
- BS
- burble
- buzz
- cackle
- carry on
- carry on about
- chant
- chat
- chatter
- chattering
- chatty
- chew the fat
- chew the rag
- chit-chat
- chitchat
- chitchatting
- clack
- clash
- clatter
- cluck
- come unglued
- comment on
- communicate
- confabulate
- confess
- converse
- cut to pieces
- cut up
- declaim
- describe
- disclose
- dish
- dishing
- divulge
- drawl
- drivel
- driveling
- drone
- effervesce
- effuse
- effusive
- enthuse
- express
- fall all over
- flap jaw
- flap one's tongue
- flip one's lid
- freak out
- fume
- gab
- gabble
- gabbling
- gabby
- garrulous
- gas
- gibber
- gibbering
- give away
- give the show away
- give voice to
- giving away
- glib
- go ape
- go bananas
- go crazy
- go mad
- go on
- go on about
- go on and on
- gossip
- gossiping
- gush
- gushing
- harangue
- have a big mouth
- hint
- hold forth
- imply
- influence
- insinuate
- intimate
- intone
- jabber
- jabbering
- jaw
- leak
- lecture
- let out
- let slip
- list
- long-winded
- loose-lipped
- loose-tongued
- loquacious
- make a to-do
- make a to-do over
- motormouth
- mouth
- mouthy
- mumble
- murmur
- mutter
- natter
- noise
- notify
- orate
- overstate
- palaver
- parley
- patter
- peach
- perorate
- persuade
- prate
- prating
- prattle
- prattle. talk
- prattling
- prolix
- pronounce
- prosy
- rage
- rail
- ramble
- rant
- rattle
- rattle on
- rave
- reel off
- repeat
- repeating
- report
- reveal
- rhapsodize
- roar
- rumor
- run amuck
- run off at the mouth
- run on
- run through
- running on at the mouth
- runon
- say
- schmoose
- schmooze
- shoot the breeze
- shoot the bull
- sing
- snitch
- soliloquize
- speak
- spiel
- spill
- spill the beans
- spilling
- spilling the beans
- splutter
- spout
- spread
- spread rumor
- squeak
- squeal
- storm
- suggest
- tal
- talebearing
- taletelling
- talk
- talk a blue streak
- talk a lot
- talk foolishly
- talk idly
- talk incoherently
- talk nonsensically
- talk one's leg off
- talk someone's ear off
- talk through one's hat
- talk wildly
- talky
- tattle
- tattling
- tell
- tell all
- tell on
- tell secrets
- tell tale
- tell tales
- tell tales out of school
- thunder
- tongue
- trivialize
- twaddle
- twiddle
- use
- utter
- ventriloquize
- verbalize
- verbose
- voice
- voluble
- waffle
- wander
- whisper
- whispering
- wiggle-waggle
- wind-bag
- windy
- wordy
- yack
- yak
- yakety-yak
- yakkety yak
- yakkety-yak
- yakkity
- yakky
- yammer
- yap
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