gabbier

Increasingly prone to prattle

Gabbier is the comparative form of gabby, meaning more talkative or chatty.

Someone who talks a lot becomes gabbier after a few drinks, or one friend may be gabbier than another.

She's always been the gabbier of the two sisters.

chatty

talkative

Inclined to speak much

jabber · blabber · yak · natter · gossip · chitchat · small talk · tittle-tattle · rambling · garrulous

eloquent

articulate

Express clearly, or well-spoken

glib · persuasive · expressive · well-spoken · rhetorical · oratorical · voluble · vocal · forthcoming · unreserved

verbose

wordy

Using more language than necessary

discursive · circumlocutory · grandiloquent · bombastic · digressive · meandering · overelaborate · padded · repetitive · drawn-out

effusive

enthusiastic

Showing intense eager enjoyment

exuberant · vivacious · demonstrative · unrestrained · outgoing · overflowing · heartfelt · passionate · fervent · expressive

Opposites
talkativeness

gabbierquieter

More subdued in volume

Family

gabbing, gabbiness, gabbiest

Familiarity
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