Synonyms of jawing

jawing 1 of 2

noun

as in yammering

Synonyms & Similar Words

• yammering
• prating
• chatter
• jabber
• prattle
• babble
• gabble
• patter
• blab
• gibber
• swagger
• gibberish
• drivel
• vaunt
• egotism
• verbosity
• windiness
• bloviation
• self-importance
• rhetoric
• turgidity
• pomposity
• wind
• self-conceit
• oratory
• rhapsody
• rhodomontade
• rodomontade
• rant
• braggadocio
• hot air
• bluster
• bombast
• magniloquence
• grandiloquence
• brag
• gasconade
• bull
• gas
• fanfaronade
• cockalorum

jawing

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verb

present participle of jaw

1

as in scolding

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 & Similar Words

• scolding
• lecturing
• reprimanding
• criticizing
• blaming
• berating
• upbraiding
• chastising
• admonishing
• ragging
• mocking
• hammering
• lambasting
• attacking
• castigating
• reproaching
• flaying
• dressing down
• calling down
• rebuking
• basting
• scoring
• bawling out
• faulting
• tongue-lashing
• ranting (at)
• reaming (out)
• chiding
• railing (at or against)
• keelhauling
• rating
• chewing out
• laying into
• slamming
• haranguing
• lashing
• knocking
• denouncing
• reading the riot act (to)
• reviling
• blasting
• condemning
• taking to task
• panning
• belittling
• disparaging
• assailing
• excoriating
• crucifying
• remonstrating (with)
• ridiculing
• reproving
• bad-mouthing
• censuring
• abusing
• scoffing
• lacing (into)
• scourging
• scorning
• vituperating
• dissing
• reprehending
• putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• approving
• endorsing
• sanctioning
• praising
• indorsing
• extolling
• lauding

2

as in chatting

to engage in casual or rambling conversation

just a group of girls sitting around the locker room and jawing about the usual stuff

Synonyms & Similar Words

• chatting
• talking
• conversing
• gabbing
• chattering
• nattering
• rattling
• jabbering
• prating
• kibitzing
• schmoozing
• discussing
• blabbing
• babbling
• prattling
• cackling
• gabbling
• gossiping
• palavering
• chinning
• pattering
• rapping
• kibbitzing
• twittering
• gassing
• visiting
• chaffering
• shmoozing
• shooting the breeze
• blowing smoke
• chewing the rag
• running on
• chewing the fat
• tattling
• talking a blue streak
• yapping
• yakking
• yammering
• expatiating
• yacking
• descanting