Antonyms for prattle
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : prat-l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpræt l |
Definition of prattle
Origin :- 1530s, frequentative of prate (q.v.). Related: Prattled; prattling. The noun is attested from 1550s.
- noun babble
- You know how readily we get into prattle upon a subject dear to our heart: you can excuse it.
- Extract from : « The Letters of Robert Burns » by Robert Burns
- As for all the prattle about pre-Raphaelitism, I confess to you I am weary of it, and long have been.
- Extract from : « Recollections of Dante Gabriel Rossetti » by T. Hall Caine
- The boy had pattered French with the former since he had first begun to prattle at all.
- Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
- He listened to people's talk as though it had been children's prattle.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- Her prattle seeped in and he became aware of it and what she was saying.
- Extract from : « Life Sentence » by James McConnell
- His prattle was the prattle of an unsophisticated maiden lady.
- Extract from : « The O'Ruddy » by Stephen Crane
- The prattle of lovers and the sober wisdom of experience blended.
- Extract from : « Charles Carleton Coffin » by William Elliot Griffis, D. D.
- She paid as little heed to my words as a nurse to the prattle of a child.
- Extract from : « Dross » by Henry Seton Merriman
- Mr. Draconmeyer smiled with the air of one listening to a child's prattle.
- Extract from : « Mr. Grex of Monte Carlo » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- She asked him no other question than this; she began to prattle about her own affairs.
- Extract from : « Daisy Miller » by Henry James
Synonyms for prattle
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