garrulous
gar·ru·lous
adj\ˈger-ə-ləs, ˈga-rə- also ˈger-yə-\
Definition of GARRULOUS
1
: given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative
2
: wordy 1 <garrulous speeches>
— gar·ru·lous·ly adverb
— gar·ru·lous·ness noun
See Examples of GARRULOUS
- He became more garrulous after drinking a couple of beers.
- <a garrulous boy who was in constant trouble for talking out of turn>
- Salman grew ever more garrulous as the yellow liquid in the bottle went down; Baal couldn't recall when he'd last heard anyone talk up such a storm. —Salman Rushdie, The Satanic Verses,1989
- To an American reader in 1982, confronted with this garrulous, indefatigably quirky, I'm-just-typing-on-yellow-paper-and-associating-ideas-and-memories prose work of l936, such a judgment, by a presumably informed person, seems preposterous. —Joyce Carol Oates, New York Times Book Review,3 Oct. 1982
- He was not garrulous by any means. On the contrary, there was a fine reserve in his manner toward the entire domestic economy of his life which was all that is comprehended by the popular term, gentlemanly. —Theodore Dreiser, Sister Carrie,1900
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Origin of GARRULOUS
Latin garrulus, from garrire to chatter — more at care
First Known Use: circa 1611
Related to GARRULOUS
Related Words: communicative, expansive; demonstrative, effusive, gushing; free-spoken, outspoken, unreserved, vocal; articulate, fluent, glib, voluble, well-spoken; gossipy, talebearing, tale-telling; long-winded, prolix, rambling, verbose, windy, wordy; extroverted (also extraverted), gregarious, outgoing, sociable
Near Antonyms: quiet, shy; mum, mute, silent, speechless, tongue-tied, wordless; evasive, nonvocal, secretive, self-contained; aloof, indrawn, inhibited, introverted, retiring, unsociable, withdrawn
See Synonym Discussion at talkative
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