blah

¹blah

noun \ˈblä\

Definition of BLAH

1

also blah–blah \-ˌblä\ : silly or pretentious chatter or nonsense

2

plural [perhaps influenced in meaning by blasé] : a feeling of boredom, lethargy, or general dissatisfaction

Examples of BLAH

1. She had a bad case of the blahs.
2. <gave me the usual blah that my manuscript did not meet their current publishing needs but thanks for considering them>

Origin of BLAH

imitative

First Known Use: 1918

Related to BLAH

Synonyms

applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, nonsense (also blah-blah), blarney, blather, blatherskite, blither, bosh, bull [slang], bunk, bunkum (or buncombe), claptrap, codswallop [British], crapola [slang], crock, drivel, drool, fiddle, fiddle-faddle, fiddlesticks, flannel [British], flapdoodle, folderol (also falderal), folly, foolishness, fudge, garbage, guff, hogwash, hokeypokey, hokum, hoodoo, hooey, horsefeathers [slang], humbug, humbuggery, jazz, malarkey (also malarky), moonshine, muck, nerts [slang], nuts, piffle, poppycock, punk, rot, rubbish, senselessness, silliness, slush, stupidity, taradiddle (or tarradiddle), tommyrot, tosh, trash, trumpery, twaddle

Related Words

absurdity, asininity, fatuity, foolery, idiocy, imbecility, inaneness, inanity, insanity, kookiness, lunacy; absurdness, craziness, madness, senselessness, witlessness; hoity-toity, monkey business, monkeyshine(s), shenanigan(s), tomfoolery; gas, hot air, rigmarole (also rigamarole); double-talk, greek, hocus-pocus

Near Antonyms

levelheadedness, rationality, reasonability, reasonableness, sensibleness; common sense, horse sense, sense; discernment, judgment (or judgement), wisdom

Rhymes with BLAH

aah, ah, baa, bah, Blois, bra, dah, droit, fa, Fra, ha, Jah, Kwa, la, ma, nah, pa, pas, Ra, rah, schwa, shah, ska, spa, ta

²blah

adjective

Definition of BLAH

: lacking interest : mediocre, boring <a blah winter day>

Examples of BLAH

1. The hotel room was totally blah.
2. She sat on the couch all day watching television and feeling blah.

First Known Use of BLAH

1922