yammering
Going on tediously
Yammering is persistent, annoying talk—whining, complaining, or going on at length about something trivial: I couldn't concentrate with all that yammering in the background.
The word suggests both volume and tedium.
Someone who yammers doesn't know when to stop.
Incoherent speech
- prattleTrivial, prolonged speech
- blatherFoolish, pointless chatter
- jabberTalk rapidly, incoherently
- natterLight, aimless conversation
gabble · ramble · gossip · banter · chitchat · small talk · schmooze · tittle-tattle
Low, discontented murmuring
kvetch · bellyache · carp · grouse · nitpick · bemoan · fuss · protest
Crossed bars or harsh
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- tediousBoring through length
- bothersomeCausing mild annoyance
- vexingCausing mild torment
exasperating · aggravating · wearisome · tiresome · obnoxious · irksome · maddening · insufferable
babble
Incoherent speech
natter · gabble · ramble · gossip · banter · chitchat · small talk · schmooze · tittle-tattle · palaver
grumble
Low, discontented murmuring
nag · kvetch · bellyache · carp · grouse · nitpick · bemoan · fuss · protest · lament
grating
Crossed bars or harsh
- irritatingCausing mild frustration
- tediousBoring through length
- bothersomeCausing mild annoyance
vexing · exasperating · aggravating · wearisome · tiresome · obnoxious · irksome · maddening · insufferable · intolerable
talkative
Inclined to speak much
- garrulousTediously long-winded
- verboseMore words than necessary
- long-windedExcessively wordy, tediously so
windy · wordy · voluble · chatty · mouthy · effusive · gushing · rambling · meandering · prolix
- chatterchat, chatter, chatting, chitchat, chit-chat
- nonsensenonsense, absurd, gibberish, gobbledegook, gobbledygook
- talkingtalking, chatting, conversing, gabbing, jabbering
- talkativenesstalkativeness, verbosity, wordiness, garrulity, loquacity
- speechspeech, speaking, talk, diction, conversation
- nonsense talkjabbering, prattling, blathering, gibberish, drivel
yammeringsilence
Total lack of sound
quiet · muteness · taciturnity · reticence · terseness
yammeringbrevity
Shortness of expression
terseness · succinctness · pithiness · eloquence · measured speech