garrulous 音标拼音: [g'ɛrələs]
a . 饶舌的,多嘴的,啁啾不休的
饶舌的,多嘴的,啁啾不休的
garrulous adj 1 :
full of trivial conversation ; "
kept from her housework by gabby neighbors " [
synonym : {
chatty }, {
gabby }, {
garrulous },
{
loquacious }, {
talkative }, {
talky }]
Garrulous \
Gar "
ru *
lous \,
a . [
L .
garrulus ,
fr .
garrire to chatter ,
talk ;
cf .
Gr . ?
voice , ?
to speak ,
sing .
Cf .
{
Call }.]
1 .
Talking much ,
especially about commonplace or trivial things ;
talkative ;
loquacious .
[
1913 Webster ]
The most garrulous people on earth . --
De Quincey .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Zool .)
Having a loud ,
harsh note ;
noisy ; --
said of birds ;
as ,
the garrulous roller .
Syn : {
Garrulous }, {
Talkative }, {
Loquacious }.
Usage :
A garrulous person indulges in long ,
prosy talk ,
with frequent repetitions and lengthened details ;
talkative implies simply a great desire to talk ;
and loquacious a great flow of words at command .
A child is talkative ;
a lively woman is loquacious ;
an old man in his dotage is garrulous . -- {
Gar "
ru *
lous *
ly },
adv . --
{
Gar "
ru *
lous *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
34 Moby Thesaurus words for "
garrulous ":
all jaw ,
blabbing ,
candid ,
chatty ,
communicative ,
conversational ,
effusive ,
expansive ,
flip ,
fluent ,
frank ,
gabby ,
gassy ,
glib ,
gossipy ,
gregarious ,
gushy ,
long -
winded ,
loose -
tongued ,
loquacious ,
multiloquent ,
multiloquious ,
newsy ,
overtalkative ,
prattling ,
prolix ,
smooth ,
sociable ,
talkative ,
talky ,
verbose ,
voluble ,
windy ,
wordy
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