blathered

Spoke without substance

Blathered is the past tense of blather, meaning to talk at length without saying anything meaningful.

Someone who blathered went on and on about nothing in particular: He blathered about his weekend plans until everyone tuned out.

The word suggests rambling, foolish, or pointless speech.

nonsense

gibberish

Unintelligible speech or writing

balderdashSenseless talk or writing
twaddleTrivial, foolish talk
poppycockFoolish or meaningless talk

claptrap · malarkey · hogwash · drivel · gobbledygook · codswallop · bunkum · piffle · hokum · tommyrot

incoherent

slurred

Indistinctly articulated

muddledIn a confused state
garbledConfused and unintelligible
inarticulateUnable to express clearly

disjointed · jumbled · rambling · confused · unintelligible · incoherent · scattered · unfocused · meandering · addled

verbose

long-winded

Excessively wordy, tediously so

wordyUsing more language than necessary
garrulousTediously long-winded
loquaciousInclined to talk much

prolix · voluble · talkative · windy · effusive · gushing · overwrought · going on and on

annoying

tiresome

Causing boredom or annoyance

tediousBoring through length
wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
gratingCrossed bars or harsh

exasperating · insufferable · droning · monotonous

rambling

chatter

Light, rapid speech

prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
gabbleRapid, muddled talk
jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently

yammer · natter · maunder · palaver · drivel · blabber · go on · waffle · drone · digress

Opposites

speech quantity/verbosity

blatheredsilence

Total lack of sound

kept quiet · said nothing · clammed up · quiet · stillness

speech quality/coherence

blatheredgot to the point

Reached the essence

summarized · articulated · enunciated · made sense

Family

blather, blatherer, blathers, blathering, blatherers, blatherskite

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