Antonyms for garrulous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : gar-uh-luhs, gar-yuh-

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgær ə ləs, ˈgær yə-

Definition of garrulous

Origin : 1610s, from Latin garrulus "talkative," from garrire "to chatter," from PIE root *gar- "to call, cry," of imitative origin (cf. Greek gerys "voice, sound," Ossetic zar "song," Welsh garm, Old Irish gairm "noise, cry"). Related: Garrulously; garrulousness.

adj talkative

Example sentences :

"I must find my friend," he said, cutting the garrulous man short.
Extract from : « Thoroughbreds » by W. A. Fraser

Janzen, for his part, was as taciturn as his friend Bache was garrulous.
Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola

The Dublin people were gregarious and garrulous, and he was solitary and reflective.
Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine

This garrulous body, old Dinah Wilson, was talking as Hugh entered.
Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine

His secretiveness only makes me like him the more, probably because I myself am so garrulous.
Extract from : « The Heart of Thunder Mountain » by Edfrid A. Bingham

I would not go so far as to call it garrulous—but distinctly communicative.
Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad

I shut up; and from that hour to this I never was 'garrulous' again.
Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever

Through these garrulous, versatile commentators his horizon is vastly extended.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

I was in the bar, and a garrulous landlord was giving me all that I wanted.
Extract from : « The Return of Sherlock Holmes » by Arthur Conan Doyle

But will you not think me older even than I claim to be, because I am so garrulous?
Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams

Synonyms for garrulous

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