blath·er
ˈbla-t͟hər 
blathered; blathering
ˈbla-t͟h(ə-)riŋ
: to talk foolishly at length
—often used with on
Synonyms
Verb
Noun
- ado
- alarums and excursions
- ballyhoo
- bluster
- bobbery
- bother
- bustle
- clatter
- clutter [chiefly dialect]
- coil
- commotion
- corroboree [Australian]
- disturbance
- do [chiefly dialect]
- foofaraw
- fun
- furor
- furore
- fuss
- helter-skelter
- hoo-ha
- hoo-hah
- hoopla
- hubble-bubble
- hubbub
- hullabaloo
- hurly
- hurly-burly
- hurricane
- hurry
- hurry-scurry
- hurry-skurry
- kerfuffle [chiefly British]
- moil
- pandemonium
- pother
- row
- ruckus
- ruction
- rumpus
- shindy
- splore [Scottish]
- squall
- stew
- stir
- storm
- to-do
- tumult
- turmoil
- uproar
- welter
- whirl
- williwaw
- zoo
Examples of blather in a Sentence
Verb
my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life
Noun
listening to a lot of blather from politicians about who's to blame for the bad economy
wanted to retire quietly and without all the blather of an office send-off
Recent Examples on the Web
Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
But who needs to blather on when there is a brisk 90-minute set of lush ‘70s and ‘80s classics to administer?
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
Like many myths, Freud’s statement contains a sliver of truth and a slather of blather.
—Steven Kotler, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
See all Example Sentences for blather 
Verb
In other words, to blather on about how unremarkable iPhone 16 is compared to the one immediately preceding it completely misses the forest for the trees.
—Steven Aquino, Forbes, 3 Oct. 2024
But who needs to blather on when there is a brisk 90-minute set of lush ‘70s and ‘80s classics to administer?
—Melissa Ruggieri, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
Noun
While these events are supposed to motivate voters and help reach out to the undecided, modern conventions more often are uninspired echo chambers of blather.
—Shannon Bow O'Brien, The Conversation, 8 Aug. 2024
Like many myths, Freud’s statement contains a sliver of truth and a slather of blather.
—Steven Kotler, Time, 11 Aug. 2023
See all Example Sentences for blather
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“Blather.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blather. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.
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