Blether (Verb)
Meaning
To talk foolishly; "The two women babbled and crooned at the baby".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- As she got older her grandmother's habit of blethering on about nothing in particular became increasingly annoying.
- People who blether on constantly about themselves can be really draining to be around.
- At family gatherings my aunts blethered for hours about local news and neighborhood gossip.
- During the meeting the manager started to blether about the new marketing strategy but lost our attention early on.
- Pensioners in the village were well known for blethering to the shopkeepers about the weather for hours on end.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
- Clack
- Maunder
- Blab
- Prattle
- Tattle
- Palaver
- Gibber
- Gabble
- Piffle
- Tittle-tattle
- Chatter
- Twaddle
- Blabber