Antonyms for jabberwocky
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : jab-er-wok-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒæb ərˌwɒk i |
Definition of jabberwocky
Origin :- 1872, nonsense word (perhaps based on jabber) coined by Lewis Carroll, for the poem of the same name, which he published in "Through the Looking-Glass." The poem is about a fabulous beast called the Jabberwock.
- noun babble
- noun gibberish
- I heard somebody say "Sh," but she started in her toothless Jabberwocky.
- Extract from : « The Red Rugs of Tarsus » by Helen Davenport Gibbons
- A setting of Lewis Carroll's immortal "Jabberwocky" shows much rich humor of the college glee-club sort.
- Extract from : « Contemporary American Composers » by Rupert Hughes
- After that some Indians came on the scene of action, fierce red men of the forest, and their language was decidedly Jabberwocky.
- Extract from : « A Little Girl in Old New York » by Amanda Millie Douglas
Synonyms for jabberwocky
- abracadabra
- babble
- balderdash
- blah-blah
- blather
- blatherskite
- blubbering
- burble
- chatter
- clamor
- claptrap
- double talk
- drivel
- gab
- gabble
- gibberish
- gobbledygook
- gossip
- gushing
- hocus-pocus
- idle talk
- jabber
- jabbering
- jargon
- mumbo jumbo
- murmur
- muttering
- nonsense
- palaver
- prate
- prattle
- ranting
- scat
- tattling
- twaddle
- yammer
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