Synonyms for blathering
| Grammar : Adj, noun, verb, verb |
| Spell : blath -er |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈblæð ər |
Top 10 synonyms for blathering Other synonyms for the word blathering
- babble
- bad-mouth
- be diffuse
- beat around bush
- bend one's ear
- blab
- blabber
- blabbering
- blather
- blathering
- blethe
- blether
- blithering
- blubber
- blurt
- blurt out
- burble
- buzz
- carry on about
- chat
- chatter
- chit-chat
- chitchat
- chitchatting
- chuckle
- clack
- cluck
- confabulate
- crow
- cut to pieces
- cut up
- depart
- descant
- disclose
- dish
- divagate
- diverge
- drift
- drivel
- driveling
- dwell on
- effervesce
- effuse
- enlarge
- enthuse
- excurse
- expatiate
- fall all over
- gab
- gabble
- gabbling
- gas
- get off the subject
- gibber
- gibbering
- give away
- go astray
- go off on tangent
- go on
- go on about
- go on and on
- gobble
- gossip
- gush
- harp on
- hint
- imply
- insinuate
- intimate
- jabber
- jabbering
- jaw
- let out
- let slip
- lose the thread
- make a to-do over
- maunder
- mouth
- mumble
- murmur
- mutter
- natter
- noise
- overstate
- palaver
- patter
- peach
- prate
- prattle
- prattling
- prose
- protract
- quack
- ramble
- rant
- rant and rave
- rattle on
- rave
- repeat
- report
- reveal
- rumor
- run off at mouth
- run off at the mouth
- run on
- schmoose
- shoot the breeze
- snicker
- snigger
- spill
- spill the beans
- spread
- squeal
- stray
- suggest
- tal
- talk
- talk a lot
- talk foolishly
- talk idly
- talk incoherently
- talk nonsense
- talk off top of head
- talk randomly
- talk through one's hat
- tattle
- tell
- tell secrets
- tell tales
- tell tales out of school
- titter
- twaddle
- twiddle
- utter
- waffle
- whisper
- wiggle-waggle
- yak
- yakkety-yak
- yammer
- yap
Définition of blathering
Origin :- 1520s, Scottish, probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse blaðra "mutter, wag the tongue," perhaps of imitative origin. Related: Blathered; blathering.
- As in babbling : adj chattering
- As in yak/yap : noun, verb talk a lot
- As in jabber : verb talk incessantly and trivially
- As in ramble : verb talk aimlessly, endlessly
- As in yap : verb chatter
- As in blab : verb gossip
- As in yak : verb talk
- As in cackle : verb laugh irritatingly
- As in maunder : verb wander
- As in chatter : verb speak fast and non-stop
- As in gibber : verb babble
- 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
- It's some of them blathering Barneys that's after calling me Bridget a widdy.
- Extract from : « The Misfit Christmas Puddings » by The Consolation Club
- Go out of that door, I'm telling you, and do your blathering below in the glen.
- Extract from : « In the Shadow of the Glen » by J. M. Synge
- You'd be a great one for keeping him steady at his work, for he's after idling and blathering to this hour from the dawn of day.
- Extract from : « The Well of the Saints » by J. M. Synge
- But my Irishmen are as jolly as ever, blathering and chaffing each other after their usual fashion.
- Extract from : « Miss Ravenel's conversion from secession to loyalty » by J. W. de Forest
- Some blathering parsons say that this blessed Mission is teaching men to talk cant and Puritanism.
- Extract from : « The Chequers » by James Runciman
- "Neither will I if you do me out of two thousand quid by blathering here," Foley drawled.
- Extract from : « The Three Sapphires » by W. A. Fraser
- I should be glad to know what business a pauper body like this has blathering abroad?
- Extract from : « Merrie England In The Olden Time, Vol. 2 (of 2) » by George Daniel
- I am greatly afraid that the head will be turned on Oona with his share of blathering.
- Extract from : « Poets and Dreamers » by Lady Augusta Gregory and Others
Antonyms for blathering
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