monologising
Talking without pause
Monologising is delivering a long speech without pause or interruption, often to the point of monopolising conversation.
The term carries a faintly critical edge—someone who monologises tends to ignore others' desire to participate: He spent the whole dinner monologising about his renovation project.
British spelling of monologizing.
Long-winded and unfocused
- droningSustained monotonous sound
- lecturingGiving an instructive talk
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
- speechifyingDelivering pompous addresses
haranguing · sermonizing · holding forth · going on · ranting · waffling · prattling · expounding
Dramatic speech to oneself
- soliloquizingSpeaking one's thoughts aloud
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
- stageRaised performance platform
performance · actor · spotlight · audience · recitation · declamation · Hamlet · oration
Examining one's own mind
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
- musingReflective contemplation
brooding · pondering · self-analysis · soul-searching · navel-gazing · self-questioning · self-absorption · self-scrutiny
rambling
Long-winded and unfocused
- droningSustained monotonous sound
- lecturingGiving an instructive talk
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
speechifying · haranguing · sermonizing · holding forth · going on · ranting · waffling · prattling · expounding · talking at
soliloquy
Dramatic speech to oneself
- soliloquizingSpeaking one's thoughts aloud
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- dramaticStrikingly expressive or sudden
stage · performance · actor · spotlight · audience · recitation · declamation · Hamlet · oration · one-man show
self-reflection
Examining one's own mind
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
- contemplationSustained reflective attention
musing · brooding · pondering · self-analysis · soul-searching · navel-gazing · self-questioning · self-absorption · self-scrutiny · overthinking
monologisingdialoguing
Engaging in discussion
conversing · discussing · dialogue · conferring · debating
monologisinginteracting
Communicating or affecting mutually
engaging · turn-taking · give-and-take · reciprocating · two-way communication
dialogue, monologue, monologist, monologues, monologuing, monologize, monologic, monologists, monologizes