talks at
Speaks without listening
To talk at someone is to speak without genuine exchange—lecturing, monologuing, or delivering opinions without interest in response.
The phrase implies one-sided communication where the speaker isn't really engaging with the listener: He doesn't have conversations; he just talks at you.
Compare with talk to, which suggests actual dialogue.
- patronizationTreating someone as inferior
- overbearingnessDomineering, imperious behavior
- condescensionDemeaning air of superiority
- high horseAttitude of superiority
- monologueUninterrupted solo address
one way street · shout · sermonizing · pontification · dominance · harangue · diatribe · alienation · disengagement · brick wall · public speaking · declamation · lecture · one-sidedness · deaf ears · tune out · unilateralism · authoritarianism