ISEE/SSAT Vocabulary BuilderWordsGgarrulous
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garrulous
Meaning: excessively talkative, especially on trivial matters
garrulous in a sentence
How garrulous is used in real sentences:
The garrulous taxi driver talked the whole ride.
The garrulous taxi driver talked the whole ride.
“The host, a garrulous patron named Bell, spent twenty minutes discussing his fountain pen, then interrupted a nervous reader to recount the pen's purchase again.”
— from the passage The Velvet Rebellion
“The launch pilot was garrulous, filling the short passage with gossip about parking fines, council feuds, and his cousin's unreliable truck.”
— from the passage The Altered Shore
Synonyms for garrulous
Other words for garrulous — loquacious, verbose and chatty — carry the same meaning.
- loquacious
- verbose
- chatty
Antonyms of garrulous
Words that mean the opposite of garrulous:
Where it comes from
From Latin garrire 'to chatter'
Memory hook
GARR-ulous sounds like gargling nonstop talk.