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

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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