gabbled
Talked too fast
Gabbled is the past tense of gabble, meaning to speak rapidly and often unintelligibly: She gabbled something about being late and rushed out the door.
The word suggests speech so hurried that words run together or become difficult to follow.
Geese and other birds also gabble—making rapid, cackling sounds.
Confused and unintelligible
- incoherentLacking logical connection
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
- mumbledSpoke indistinctly
slurred · jumbled · muddled · confused · unclear · indistinct · inarticulate · nonsensical
Troubled by uncertainty
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
- jitteryAnxiously restless
rattled · breathless · stammering · sputtering · tremulous · excited · overwhelmed · startled
garbled
Confused and unintelligible
- incoherentLacking logical connection
- incomprehensibleImpossible to understand
- gibberishUnintelligible speech or writing
mumbled · slurred · jumbled · muddled · confused · unclear · indistinct · inarticulate · nonsensical · scrambled
anxious
Troubled by uncertainty
- flusteredNervously upset and confused
- panickedOverwhelmed by sudden fear
- agitatedEmotionally disturbed, restless
jittery · rattled · breathless · stammering · sputtering · tremulous · excited · overwhelmed · startled · frenzied
gabbledenunciated
Spoke with clear pronunciation
articulated · made sense · annunciated · declaimed · projected