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Synonyms of jawing
(Entry 1 of 2)
as in patter, yammering
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for jawing
- bluster,
- bombast,
- brag,
- braggadocio,
- bull
- [slang],
- cockalorum,
- fanfaronade,
- gas,
- gasconade,
- grandiloquence,
- hot air,
- magniloquence,
- rant,
- rodomontade
- (also rhodomontade)
jawing
verbpresent participle of jaw
Synonyms & Antonyms of jawing (Entry 2 of 2)
1
to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings
- you don't have to jaw me to death just because I bite my nails
Synonyms for jawing
- basting,
- bawling out,
- berating,
- calling down,
- castigating,
- chastising,
- chewing out,
- dressing down,
- flaying,
- hammering,
- keelhauling,
- lambasting,
- lecturing,
- ragging,
- railing (at or against),
- ranting (at),
- rating,
- reaming (out),
- rebuking,
- reprimanding,
- reproaching,
- scolding,
- scoring,
- tongue-lashing,
- upbraiding
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Near Antonyms for jawing
2
to engage in casual or rambling conversation
- just a group of girls sitting around the locker room and jawing about the usual stuff
Synonyms for jawing
- babbling,
- blabbing,
- cackling,
- chaffering
- [British],
- chattering,
- chatting,
- chinning
- [slang],
- conversing,
- gabbing,
- gabbling,
- gassing,
- jabbering,
- kibitzing
- (also kibbitzing),
- nattering,
- palavering,
- pattering,
- prating,
- prattling,
- rapping,
- rattling,
- running on,
- schmoozing
- (or shmoozing),
- talking,
- twittering,
- visiting
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