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drooling

verb , present participle of drool

Synonyms and Antonyms of drooling

1 to let saliva or some other substance flow from the mouth

the dog drooled when we put the steak down on the floor

Synonyms of drooling

dribbling, driveling (or drivelling), salivating, slavering, slobbering

Words Related to drooling

expectorating, spitting

foaming, frothing, spluttering

2 to make an exaggerated display of affection or enthusiasm

middle-aged men drooling over a starlet half their age

Synonyms of drooling

effusing, enthusing, fussing, gushing, raving, rhapsodizing, slobbering

Words Related to drooling

doting (on), fawning

3 to speak rapidly, inarticulately, and usually unintelligibly

stop drooling, slow down, and take a deep breath, because I can't understand you

Synonyms of drooling

babbling, bumbling, chattering, chatting, driveling (or drivelling), gabbling, gibbering, jabbering, prattling, sputtering

Words Related to drooling

blabbering, blathering, bleating, blithering, gabbing, jangling, jawing, pattering, prating, rattling, running on, smattering, tittle-tattling, trolling, yakking (also yacking)

chuntering [British], maundering, mouthing, mumbling, murmuring, muttering

stammering, stuttering

screeching, shouting, shrieking

Near Antonyms of drooling

articulating, enunciating, pronouncing

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