blah

[ blah ]

/ blɑ /

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noun

nonsense; rubbish: What they say is blah.

the blahs, a feeling of physical uneasiness, general discomfort, or mild depression; malaise: After the long weekend many workers had the Monday-morning blahs.

adjective

insipid; dull; uninteresting.

OTHER WORDS FOR blah

1 bunkum, humbug, hooey, eyewash, twaddle, bosh.

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Origin of blah

First recorded in 1915–20; imitative

Words nearby blah

blag, blagging, Blagonravov, Blagoveshchensk, blague, blah, blah-blah-blah, blain, Blaine, Blainville, Blair

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How to use blah in a sentence

It was like this big fun theater with loud, blah, blah, blah … and you just needed … You could have the funniest person in the world, but it would not be right.
The Unstoppable Amber Ruffin|Esabelle Lee|April 8, 2021|Ozy
When boredom is defined this way, the busyness of, say, parents of young children provides little protection against feeling blah.
In the social distancing era, boredom may pose a public health threat|Sujata Gupta|February 15, 2021|Science News
My style was to tough it out, which earned me great praise for strength, dignity, blah blah blah.
Carolyn Hax: When turning 30 becomes an existential crisis|Carolyn Hax|January 1, 2021|Washington Post
People were saying the world was going to heat up, there’s nothing we could do about it, we just have to adapt, blah, blah.
Kim Stanley Robinson Holds Out Hope - Issue 90: Something Green|Liz Greene|October 7, 2020|Nautilus

That tissue ranks in looks somewhere between blah and dried-up dog droppings.
‘Vampire’ parasite challenges the definition of a plant|Susan Milius|September 16, 2020|Science News For Students
I hand him the script and with it a little speech about how excited and pleased I am with the work, blah-blah-blah.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days|David Freeman|December 13, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They tried to justify with her taking all these other pills and blah blah.
How Megan Hilty Survived TV Flops ‘Smash’ and ‘Sean Saves the World’ With Grace|Kevin Fallon|May 8, 2014|DAILY BEAST
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the consent of the Owner, nor in time of war blah blah blah.
P.J. O’Rourke: Who Really Actually Wants This Bill of Rights?|P. J. O’Rourke|April 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
This morning, however, the Bureau of Labor Statistics served up a meh burger, slathered with blah sauce.
Today’s Unemployment Report Is an S.O.S. to the Fed|Daniel Gross|September 6, 2013|DAILY BEAST
They had been through it all before in Madrid, Oslo, Camp David, Taba, Annapolis, and blah, blah, blah.
John Kerry's Doomed Quest for Redemption|Maysoon Zayid|July 22, 2013|DAILY BEAST
He has gone towards the kitchen— Sudah dia jalan sa-blah dapor.
A Manual of the Malay language|William Edward Maxwell
There will be four windows on each side opening down to the floor— Sa-blah ampat jandela panjang ter-buka sampei di bendul.
A Manual of the Malay language|William Edward Maxwell
No one could cut through the constant, maddening mental blah-blah-blah that was being churned out by Barcelona's noisemakers.
The Big Fix|George Oliver Smith

British Dictionary definitions for blah

blah

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slang

noun

worthless or silly talk; claptrap

adjective

uninteresting; insipid

verb

(intr) to talk nonsense or boringly

Word Origin for blah

C20 imit

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