blithering
Spouting utter gibberish
Blithering means talking foolishly or senselessly, but it survives almost exclusively as an intensifier in blithering idiot.
The word suggests someone so stupid they can only babble.
Outside this fixed phrase, blithering is rarely encountered.
Long-winded and unfocused
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- prattlingSpeaking trivially at length
- gibberingRapid incoherent speech
- jabberingTalking fast and incoherently
gabbling · blabbering · mumbling · drivel · gibberish · nonsense · twaddle · unintelligible
Extremely lacking intelligence
- moronicExtremely foolish or senseless
- imbecilicExtremely unintelligent or foolish
- stupidLacking intelligence or judgment
- dimwittedLacking mental acuity
doltish · senseless · inane · nonsensical · ridiculous · ludicrous · half-witted · brainless
To vocalize words
- completeLacking nothing, fully done
- absoluteTotal, without qualification
- totalComplete sum
- thoroughComplete in every detail
consummate · unmitigated · outright · arrant · downright · sheer · rank · unqualified
rambling
Long-winded and unfocused
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- prattlingSpeaking trivially at length
- gibberingRapid incoherent speech
jabbering · gabbling · blabbering · mumbling · drivel · gibberish · nonsense · twaddle · unintelligible · garbled
idiotic
Extremely lacking intelligence
- moronicExtremely foolish or senseless
- imbecilicExtremely unintelligent or foolish
- stupidLacking intelligence or judgment
dimwitted · doltish · senseless · inane · nonsensical · ridiculous · ludicrous · half-witted · brainless · witless
utter
To vocalize words
thorough · consummate · unmitigated · outright · arrant · downright · sheer · rank · unqualified · pure
blitheringarticulate
Express clearly, or well-spoken
coherent · lucid · eloquent · cogent · well-spoken
blather, blithely, blithesome, blither, blatherskite, blithers