twaddle

¹twad·dle

noun \ˈtwä-d^əl\

Definition of TWADDLE

1

a : silly idle talk : drivel

b : something insignificant or worthless : nonsense <that idea is pure twaddle>

2

: one that twaddles : twaddler

Examples of TWADDLE

1. We don't believe that twaddle anymore.
2. <the novel's elaborate theory detailing a supposed 2,000-year-old conspiracy is mostly tiresome twaddle>

Origin of TWADDLE

probably alteration of English dialect twattle idle talk

First Known Use: 1782

Related to TWADDLE

Synonyms

applesauce [slang], balderdash, baloney (also boloney), beans, bilge, blah (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, nonsense

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 TWADDLE

coddle, model, noddle, swaddle, toddle, waddle

²twaddle

verb

twad·dledtwad·dling \ˈtwäd-liŋ, ˈtwä-d^əl-iŋ\

Definition of TWADDLE

: prate, babble

— twad·dler \ˈtwäd-lər, ˈtwä-d^əl-ər\ noun

First Known Use of TWADDLE

1826

Rhymes with TWADDLE

model, toddle, waddle