Synonyms for blather
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : blath -er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈblæð ər |
Définition of blather
Origin :- 1520s, Scottish, probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse blaðra "mutter, wag the tongue," perhaps of imitative origin. Related: Blathered; blathering.
- noun talk a lot
- Will you cease your blather of mutiny and treason and courts-martial?
- Extract from : « Captain Blood » by Rafael Sabatini
- Do you know no better than blather at the top of your voice like that?
- Extract from : « Kilgorman » by Talbot Baines Reed
- All hell broke loose then, with me and Brock making most of the blather.
- Extract from : « A Spaceship Named McGuire » by Gordon Randall Garrett
- Is this a conundrum or blather, invented to hide your ignominy in a cloud of words?
- Extract from : « The Invader » by Margaret L. Woods
- Rattleton spent much time on Blather's education—so did Rattleton's friends.
- Extract from : « Harvard Stories » by Waldron Kintzing Post
- Let them blather on; they won't hurt you, as long as you know them for what they are.
- Extract from : « The Whirligig of Time » by Wayland Wells Williams
- I invented a happaratus for extracting stone and gravel from the blather, without any operation at all.
- Extract from : « Mornings at Bow Street » by John Wight
- Hip and Blather skitzen for the good and honorable Mayor, who always loves the people!'
- Extract from : « Fiddles » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- Yet you blather about being 'practically engaged' to Doris Martin, a girl who wouldn't let you tie her shoe-lace.
- Extract from : « The Postmaster's Daughter » by Louis Tracy
- Blather's most prominent virtue of all was devotion to his master, and his affection was fully returned.
- Extract from : « Harvard Stories » by Waldron Kintzing Post
Antonyms for blather
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