blather

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verb

blath·​er ˈbla-t͟hər 

blathered; blathering ˈbla-t͟h(ə-)riŋ 

intransitive verb

: to talk foolishly at length

—often used with on

blatherer

ˈbla-t͟hər-ər 

noun

blather

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noun

1

: voluble nonsensical or inconsequential talk or writing

2

: stir, commotion

Synonyms of blather

Verb

• ramble
• rattle
• run on
• go on

Noun

• commotion
• stir
• fuss
• disturbance
• hurry
• turmoil
• noise
• racket

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

Verb

As Sean will show you, the S & P financials sector is down 5% this year, weighed by concerns over AI eating into profit margins, a consumer stretched by moderately high rates, rising inflation expectations and all the other things the smart people spend their days blathering on about. —Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 11 May 2026

The nature of the American political system propagates scads of lawyers and poseurs who blather on endlessly, promising everything and delivering little. —Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 14 Jan. 2026

Noun

That’s just a bunch of blather, says your humble scribe, who has been covering government in this state for four decades. —James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 25 Mar. 2026

But when anyone can generate infinite flimflam, relying on unfiltered views means listening to whoever has most aggressively deployed fakery to drown the truth in synthetic blather. —Gautam Mukunda, Twin Cities, 26 Feb. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Verb

Old Norse blathra; akin to Middle High German blōdern to chatter

First Known Use

Verb

1524, in the meaning defined above

Noun

1719, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for blather

• gather
• lather
• rather