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[ gar-uh-luhs, gar-yuh- ] / ˈgær ə ləs, ˈgær yə- / SEE SYNONYMS FOR garrulous ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveexcessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters. wordy or diffuse: a garrulous and boring speech. Origin of garrulousFirst recorded in 1605–15; from Latin garrulus “talkative, garrulous,” equivalent to garr(īre)) “to chatter” + -ulus-ulous SYNONYMS FOR garrulous1 prating, babbling. 2 verbose, prolix. SEE SYNONYMS FOR garrulous ON THESAURUS.COM ANTONYMS FOR garrulous1 reticent, uncommunicative, taciturn, close-mouthed. SEE ANTONYMS FOR garrulous ON THESAURUS.COM synonym study for garrulous1. See talkative. OTHER WORDS FROM garrulousgar·ru·lous·ly, adverbgar·ru·lous·ness, nounnon·gar·ru·lous, adjectivenon·gar·ru·lous·ly, adverb non·gar·ru·lous·ness, nounun·gar·ru·lous, adjectiveun·gar·ru·lous·ly, adverbun·gar·ru·lous·ness, noun Words nearby garrulousGarrison, William Lloyd, garron, garrote, garrotte, garrulity, garrulous, garrya, garryowen, garter, garter belt, garter snake Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for garrulousThe garrulous assistant to a fading screen siren in Clouds of Sils Maria. Oscars 2015: The Daily Beast’s Picks, From Scarlett Johansson to ‘Boyhood’|Marlow Stern|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST For this story has not been derived from hacked voicemails, an avaricious doctor, or a garrulous friend. Is Kate Preggers?|Tom Sykes|November 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST In America, the death of an American star is really the occasion for a garrulous, obsessive, round-the-clock denial of death. How Constant Change Killed Jackson|Lee Siegel|July 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST In the autumn, rheumatism takes him to Homburg, but he refuses to learn German, the grinding gibberish of the garrulous Goth. The Story of My Life, volumes 4-6|Augustus J. C. Hare
It was Brittany; the first respectable catch of the year had changed this garrulous Irish hamlet into a hamlet of Brittany. There is such a garrulous old lady stopping at Astley, Mrs. Dot; Tom took her in to supper. The Letters of her Mother to Elizabeth|W. R. H. (William Rutherford Hayes) Trowbridge If the little old fellow grows grandiloquent or garrulous at times—he did that. When Knighthood Was in Flower|Charles Major Nations, like men, have their infancy and their youth, their robust manhood and their garrulous old age. A short history of Rhode Island|George Washington Greene
British Dictionary definitions for garrulous
adjectivegiven to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative wordy or diffuse; prolix Derived forms of garrulousgarrulously, adverbgarrulousness or garrulity (ɡæˈruːlɪtɪ), nounWord Origin for garrulousC17: from Latin garrulus, from garrīre to chatter Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to garrulousglib, chatty, loquacious, voluble, blabbermouth, effusive, gabby, long-winded, mouthy, prolix, verbose, windy, wordy, gushing, babbling, chattering, gossiping, loose-lipped, loose-tongued, motormouth |