garrulous

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɡæɹ.ʊ.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.jʊ.ləs/
• (America) IPA: /ˈɡɛɹ.ə.ləs/, /ˈɡɛɹ.jə.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.ə.ləs/, /ˈɡæɹ.jə.ləs/

Adjective

garrulous

1. Excessively or tiresomely talkative.

   Synonyms: chatty, talkative, long-winded, loquacious, tonguey, voluble, Thesaurus:talkative

   • 1984, "A Modern Whitman," by James Atlas. The Atlantic, Dec 1984.

     Crammed with gossip, anecdotes, and confessions . . ., his garrulous, untidy narratives read like a good novel.

2. (of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.

   Synonyms: bombastic, rambling, wordy, Thesaurus:verbose

Related terms

• garrulity

Translations

• German: geschwätzig
• Italian: garrulo
• Portuguese: gárrulo, tagarela
• Russian: болтли́вый
• Spanish: gárrulo, lenguón, lenguaz, locuaz

Translations

• Russian: простра́нный
• Spanish: gárrulo

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