blathered (on)

verb

past tense of blather (on)
as in rambled
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blathered (on)
  1. rambled
  2. rattled
  3. went on
  4. ran on
Verb
  • Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.
    — Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
Definition of rambled
Verb
  • The veteran was rarely rattled, something that led to his 71% completion for 150 yards.
    — Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 23 Aug. 2026
  • That was just the start Newcastle required and the early concession rattled Liverpool.
    — Chris Waugh, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • The statement went on to say the president has already secured deals with foreign exporters to provide the 25% discount.
    — Joshua Hong, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2026
  • The album went on to sell more than two million copies and remains beloved by fans today.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of went on
Verb
  • Paramount+ is also streaming all eight episodes of the first season, which ran on BET+ and BET previously, free on their YouTube channel.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
  • The 2022 World Cup, the clearest expression of the strategy, ran on migrant labor whose reforms the International Labour Organization called real and whose enforcement Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said lagged.
    — Güney Yıldız, Forbes.com, 18 July 2026
Definition of ran on
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“Blathered (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blathered%20%28on%29. Accessed 26 Aug. 2026.

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