blabberings

Senseless verbal spillage

Blabberings are instances of excessive, foolish, or indiscreet talk.

The word carries dismissive force—what someone produces when they blabber is rarely worth hearing: I tuned out his drunken blabberings.

The singular blabbering works as a noun or adjective: constant blabbering, the blabbering of talk radio hosts.

nonsense

drivel

Senseless, silly talk

gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
twaddleTrivial, foolish talk

balderdash · hogwash · piffle · poppycock · claptrap · gobbledygook · blather · bunkum · mumbo-jumbo · incoherence

incessant

chatter

Light, rapid speech

yammerComplain loudly, persistently
prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
natterLight, aimless conversation

ramble · maunder · patter · palaver · yackety-yak · clack · drone · nattering · going on · motor-mouth

gossip

rumors

Unconfirmed circulating stories

whispersSpeaks very quietly
tittle-tattleTrivial, idle chatter
hearsayUnverified secondhand information

scandal · secrets · innuendo · speculation · tales · gab · scoop · dirt · buzz · backbiting

annoying

yackety-yak

Prolonged trivial chatter

clatterLoud rattling noise
racketUproar, scam, or paddle
dinSustained unpleasant noise

noise · grating · tiresome · irritating · bothersome · pestering · vexing · nagging · whining · carping

Opposites

speech control and discretion

blabberingssilence

Total lack of sound

discretion · reticence · measured speech · taciturnity · tight-lippedness

speech coherence and substance

blabberingseloquence

Persuasive verbal grace

precision · clarity · terseness · aphorisms

coherence and substance

blabberingsmeasured speech

Carefully controlled verbal expression

eloquence · profundities · wisdom · insights

Family

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G