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
Example sentences :
  • 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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