drawler
Vowel stretching talker
A drawler is someone who drawls—who speaks slowly, stretching vowels and softening consonants.
The term usually describes speakers with Southern American or certain British accents: He was a slow-talking drawler from Georgia.
It can carry a hint of condescension, suggesting the speaker is unhurried to the point of laziness.
Regional speech pattern
- twangSharp vibrating sound
- southernToward the sunbelt
- dialectRegional language variety
- intonationPitch variation in speech
cadence · pronunciation · elongation · languid · unhurried · leisurely · slurring · relaxed
Slow and inactive
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
- laggingFailing to keep pace
deliberate · ponderous · unhurried · creeping · crawling · glacial · snail-paced · tortoise-like
Unmanned flying machine
- humLow steady sound
- droningSustained monotonous sound
- tonelessLacking pitch variation
- flatLacking vertical variation
uninflected · hypnotic · soporific · lulling · repetitive · unchanging · unvarying · sleepy
Failing to engage interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- droningSustained monotonous sound
rambling · interminable · exhausting · yawn-inducing · sleep-inducing
accent
Regional speech pattern
intonation · cadence · pronunciation · elongation · languid · unhurried · leisurely · slurring · relaxed · elocution
sluggish
Slow and inactive
- ploddingMoving slowly, heavily
- dawdlingLeisurely time-wasting
- meanderingFollowing a winding course
lagging · deliberate · ponderous · unhurried · creeping · crawling · glacial · snail-paced · tortoise-like · lingering
drone
Unmanned flying machine
flat · uninflected · hypnotic · soporific · lulling · repetitive · unchanging · unvarying · sleepy · drowsy
boring
Failing to engage interest
- tiresomeCausing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
droning · rambling · interminable · exhausting · yawn-inducing · sleep-inducing
drawlerfast talker
Persuasive, deceptive speaker
motormouth · chatterbox · gabber · rattler · prattler
- southern drawlLeisurely stretched regional accent
- Texas drawlSouthwestern American accent
- Texan drawlElongated Southwestern American speech