monologizing
Talking without interruption
Monologizing is speaking at length without allowing others to respond—delivering a monologue rather than engaging in dialogue.
The term often carries a negative connotation, suggesting someone who dominates conversation or fails to read social cues: He kept monologizing about his vacation while everyone else checked their phones.
Also spelled monologising in British English.
Dramatic speech to oneself
- self-talkSpeaking to oneself mentally
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- self-reflectionExamining one's own mind
- self-examinationScrutiny of one's thoughts
self-analysis · musing · contemplation · brooding · pondering · reverie · self-questioning · self-scrutiny
Delivering pompous addresses
- lecturingGiving an instructive talk
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
- sermonizingLecturing on morals
- preachingDelivering moral discourse
declaiming · haranguing · expounding · spouting · orating · grandstanding · soapboxing · filibustering
Dramatic speech to oneself
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- apostropheMark showing ownership
- HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
- ShakespeareanOf the Stratford playwright
Inducing belief or action
- arguingVerbal conflict between parties
- exhortingStrongly encouraging action
- declaimingSpeaking rhetorically aloud
- prosingSpeaking tediously at length
moralizing · editorializing · opining · pronouncing · speechmaking · grandiloquence · verbosity · long-windedness
soliloquy
Dramatic speech to oneself
- self-talkSpeaking to oneself mentally
- ruminationProlonged, repetitive thinking
- self-reflectionExamining one's own mind
self-examination · self-analysis · musing · contemplation · brooding · pondering · reverie · self-questioning · self-scrutiny · stream-of-consciousness
speechifying
Delivering pompous addresses
- lecturingGiving an instructive talk
- pontificatingSpeaking pompously at length
- sermonizingLecturing on morals
preaching · declaiming · haranguing · expounding · spouting · orating · grandstanding · soapboxing · filibustering · rambling
soliloquy
Dramatic speech to oneself
- asideBrief theatrical digression
- apostropheMark showing ownership
- HamletDanish prince's revenge tragedy
persuading
Inducing belief or action
- arguingVerbal conflict between parties
- exhortingStrongly encouraging action
- declaimingSpeaking rhetorically aloud
prosing · moralizing · editorializing · opining · pronouncing · speechmaking · grandiloquence · verbosity · long-windedness · one-sidedness
monologizingconversing
Engaging in spoken exchange
dialoguing · discussing · conversating · back-and-forth · bantering