garrulousness
Tendency toward rambling
Garrulousness is the quality of talking too much, especially about trivial things.
Where chattiness might be charming, garrulousness suggests tedious, rambling speech that tests the listener's patience: His garrulousness made him a poor dinner companion.
The adjective is garrulous.
Excessive use of language
- prolixityTedious lengthiness in speech
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
- diffusenessExcessive, unfocused expression
redundancy · pleonasm · tautology · logorrhea · verbiage · superfluity · longwindedness · discursiveness
Incoherent speech
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- yammerComplain loudly, persistently
natter · gabble · yak · chitchat · gossip · ramble · maunder · tattle
One who talks incessantly
- windbagOne who prattles endlessly
- motormouthNonstop rapid talker
- blabbermouthOne who reveals secrets
- talkaholicCompulsive excessive speaker
gossipmonger · busybody · bore · loudmouth · magpie · gas bag · popinjay
Inclined to converse freely
- gabbyInclined to chatter
- mouthyInclined to talk back
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
- ramblingLong-winded and unfocused
effusive · communicative · expansive · glib · unreserved · outspoken · articulate · fluent
Causing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- droningSustained monotonous sound
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
- repetitiveMarked by recurrence
boring · long-winded · rambling · soporific · interminable · exhausting · trying · grating
wordiness
Excessive use of language
- prolixityTedious lengthiness in speech
- verbosityUnnecessary word excess
- circumlocutionIndirect, wordy expression
diffuseness · redundancy · pleonasm · tautology · logorrhea · verbiage · superfluity · longwindedness · discursiveness · overelaboration
babble
Incoherent speech
yammer · natter · gabble · yak · chitchat · gossip · ramble · maunder · tattle · prate
chatterbox
One who talks incessantly
- windbagOne who prattles endlessly
- motormouthNonstop rapid talker
- blabbermouthOne who reveals secrets
talkaholic · gossipmonger · busybody · bore · loudmouth · magpie · gas bag · popinjay
chatty
Inclined to converse freely
- gabbyInclined to chatter
- mouthyInclined to talk back
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
rambling · effusive · communicative · expansive · glib · unreserved · outspoken · articulate · fluent · eloquent
tiresome
Causing boredom or annoyance
- wearisomeCausing fatigue through monotony
- droningSustained monotonous sound
- monotonousUnchangingly dull
repetitive · boring · long-winded · rambling · soporific · interminable · exhausting · trying · grating · insufferable
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, loquacity, long-windedness
- circumlocutioncircumlocution, indirection, indirectness, roundabout, roundaboutness
garrulousnessterseness
Extreme brevity of expression
brevity · taciturnity · conciseness · reticence · succinctness
garrulousnesstaciturnity
Disinclined to speak
reticence · reserve · introversion · quietude · standoffishness