garrulous
Won't stop talking
Garrulous describes someone who talks excessively, especially about trivial matters.
Unlike eloquent speakers who captivate their audience, a garrulous person tends to ramble on without much regard for whether anyone is listening or interested.
My garrulous uncle can turn a five-minute story into an hour-long ordeal.
The word carries a mildly negative connotation, suggesting the talk is tedious rather than entertaining.
Inclined to talk freely
- chattyInclined to converse freely
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- blatheringTalking foolishly at length
- jabberingTalking fast and incoherently
prattling · nattering · yammering · gossiping · mouthy · talky · effusive · glib
Excessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- verboseMore words than necessary
- discursiveTending to wander topically
- digressiveTending to stray topically
circumlocutory · periphrastic · diffuse · tedious · meandering · repetitive · drawn-out · wordy
Fond of companionship
- outgoingSociable and unreserved
- convivialSociable and cheerful
- friendlyShowing kindness, warmth
- affableWarm and approachable
companionable · genial · cordial · extroverted · personable · clubbable · unreserved · approachable
Excessively inflated language
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- turgidSwollen or pompous
- orotundBombastically resonant in speech
sesquipedalian · highfalutin · rhetorical · florid · overblown · pretentious · inflated · ostentatious
voluble
Inclined to talk freely
- chattyInclined to converse freely
- babblingIncoherent or infantile speech
- blatheringTalking foolishly at length
jabbering · prattling · nattering · yammering · gossiping · mouthy · talky · effusive · glib · motormouth
prolix
Excessively wordy in speech
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
- verboseMore words than necessary
- discursiveTending to wander topically
digressive · circumlocutory · periphrastic · diffuse · tedious · meandering · repetitive · drawn-out · wordy · winding
gregarious
Fond of companionship
affable · companionable · genial · cordial · extroverted · personable · clubbable · unreserved · approachable · warm
bombastic
Excessively inflated language
- magniloquentUsing pompous, elevated rhetoric
- pompousAffectedly grand in manner
- turgidSwollen or pompous
orotund · sesquipedalian · highfalutin · rhetorical · florid · overblown · pretentious · inflated · ostentatious · declamatory
- talkativechatty, verbose, wordy, mouthy, gossipy
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, loquacity, long-windedness
- tedioustedious, tiresome, wearisome, boring, monotonous
garrulousreticent
Disinclined to speak freely
reserved · taciturn · uncommunicative · closemouthed · withdrawn