monologing
Talking without pause
Monologing is delivering a lengthy speech without interruption, often when others would prefer you stop.
The term gained currency from superhero fiction, where villains notoriously explain their evil plans at length, giving heroes time to escape: He was monologing about world domination while I untied myself.
More broadly, anyone who talks at rather than with others can be accused of monologing.
Also spelled monologuing.
Oral communication ability
- lectureEducational spoken presentation
- sermonClergy's worship address
- addressSpeak to formally
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
diatribe · oration · discourse · speechifying · rhetoric · pronouncement · spiel · homily
Carrying out a task
- stageRaised performance platform
- actorOne who portrays characters
- scriptWritten words for performance
- theaterVenue for live drama
audience · monodrama · spotlight · dramaturgy · rehearsal · lines · cue · aside
Speaking to oneself mentally
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- musingReflective contemplation
pondering · self-examination · soul-searching · brooding · self-awareness · self-analysis · self-questioning · thoughtfulness
Wicked story antagonist
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- gloatingSmug triumph display
- evilProfound moral wickedness
- schemeCalculated strategy, often secretive
reveal · nemesis · mastermind · diabolical · hubris · overconfident · monologuing · supervillain
speech
Oral communication ability
harangue · diatribe · oration · discourse · speechifying · rhetoric · pronouncement · spiel · homily · exposition
performance
Carrying out a task
theater · audience · monodrama · spotlight · dramaturgy · rehearsal · lines · cue · aside · dramatic
self-talk
Speaking to oneself mentally
- reflectionReturned light or thought
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
musing · pondering · self-examination · soul-searching · brooding · self-awareness · self-analysis · self-questioning · thoughtfulness · cogitation
villain
Wicked story antagonist
- expositionSystematic explanatory presentation
- gloatingSmug triumph display
- evilProfound moral wickedness
scheme · reveal · nemesis · mastermind · diabolical · hubris · overconfident · monologuing · supervillain · uninterrupted
monologingdialoguing
Engaging in discussion
conversing · dialogue · conversation · discussing · back-and-forth
monologist, monologize, monologic, monologizes, monologizing