garrulity
Tendency toward verbosity
Garrulity is the quality of being excessively talkative, especially about trivial matters.
Where eloquence suggests skill with words, garrulity suggests an inability to stop using them: His garrulity made every phone call an ordeal.
The adjective is garrulous.
Excessive use of language
- loquacityExcessive inclination to speak
- volubilityExcessive verbal output
- prolixityTedious lengthiness in speech
- long-windednessTedious verbal excess
circumlocution · diffuseness · redundancy · pleonasm · tautology · logorrhea · discursiveness · verbiage
Incoherent speech
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- gabbleRapid, muddled talk
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
yammer · natter · chitchat · gossip · twaddle · maunder · blether · palaver
Meaningless words or actions
- drivelSenseless, silly talk
- idle talkAimless conversation
- frivolousNot worthy of attention
- vapidDull, without depth
superficial · inconsequential · meaningless · pointless · inane
Inclined to talk much
- volubleInclined to talk freely
- chattyInclined to converse freely
- glibSuperficially articulate
- communicativeApt to share information
effusive · expansive · articulate · fluent · gossipy · windbag · blabbermouth · motormouth
Fond of companionship
- affableWarm and approachable
- companionableFriendly and agreeable
- genialPleasantly warm-mannered
- convivialSociable and cheerful
extroverted · outgoing · friendly · approachable · amiable · cordial · engaging · warm
Causing boredom or annoyance
- tediousBoring through length
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
- gratingCrossed bars or harsh
droning · monotonous · repetitive · overbearing · irksome · insufferable · interminable · unrelenting
wordiness
Excessive use of language
- loquacityExcessive inclination to speak
- volubilityExcessive verbal output
- prolixityTedious lengthiness in speech
long-windedness · circumlocution · diffuseness · redundancy · pleonasm · tautology · logorrhea · discursiveness · verbiage · windiness
babble
Incoherent speech
jabber · yammer · natter · chitchat · gossip · twaddle · maunder · blether · palaver · clack
nonsense
Meaningless words or actions
vapid · superficial · inconsequential · meaningless · pointless · inane
loquacious
Inclined to talk much
communicative · effusive · expansive · articulate · fluent · gossipy · windbag · blabbermouth · motormouth · chatterbox
gregarious
Fond of companionship
- affableWarm and approachable
- companionableFriendly and agreeable
- genialPleasantly warm-mannered
convivial · extroverted · outgoing · friendly · approachable · amiable · cordial · engaging · warm · conversational
tiresome
Causing boredom or annoyance
- tediousBoring through length
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- incessantNever pausing or stopping
grating · droning · monotonous · repetitive · overbearing · irksome · insufferable · interminable · unrelenting · wearing
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, loquacity, long-windedness
- circumlocutioncircumlocution, indirection, indirectness, roundabout, roundaboutness
garrulitybrevity
Shortness of expression
terseness · conciseness · succinctness · pithiness · concision