garrulous

[ gar-uh-luhs, gar-yuh- ]

adjective

1. excessively talkative in a rambling, roundabout manner, especially about trivial matters.

   Synonyms: babbling

   Antonyms: taciturn, uncommunicative, reticent

2. wordy or diffuse:

   a garrulous and boring speech.

   Synonyms: prolix, verbose

garrulous

/ ɡæˈruːlɪtɪ; ˈɡærʊləs /

adjective

1. given to constant and frivolous chatter; loquacious; talkative
2. wordy or diffuse; prolix

Derived Forms

• ˈgarrulously, adverb
• ˈgarrulousness, noun

Other Words From

• garru·lous·ly adverb
• garru·lous·ness noun
• non·garru·lous adjective
• non·garru·lous·ly adverb
• non·garru·lous·ness noun
• un·garru·lous adjective
• un·garru·lous·ly adverb
• un·garru·lous·ness noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of garrulous¹

First recorded in 1605–15; from Latin garrulus “talkative, garrulous,” equivalent to garr(īre) ) “to chatter” + -ulus -ulous

Word History and Origins

Origin of garrulous¹

C17: from Latin garrulus, from garrīre to chatter

Synonym Study

See talkative.

Example Sentences

The Babe, big and garrulous and oh so sociable and oh so immense in all his appetites.

From Washington Post

I was lively and loquacious and garrulous and all those sorts of things, and I performed and did stand-up.

From The Daily Beast

The garrulous assistant to a fading screen siren in Clouds of Sils Maria.

From The Daily Beast

For this story has not been derived from hacked voicemails, an avaricious doctor, or a garrulous friend.

From The Daily Beast

Venezuelans are scratching their heads over the mysterious silence of their ordinarily garrulous leader.

From The Daily Beast

In America, the death of an American star is really the occasion for a garrulous, obsessive, round-the-clock denial of death.

From The Daily Beast

To-morrow—a crippled veteran, and after that a pensioner drifting fast into a garrulous dotage.

From Project Gutenberg

Moreover, he is exceedingly garrulous, and needs a string of words to say yes or no.

From Project Gutenberg

Frank was staggering, garrulous, laughing a great deal over very small jokes.

From Project Gutenberg

They are pleasure-loving and garrulous, though this latter trait is not, I suppose, a specially national characteristic.

From Project Gutenberg

For a time, too, I dropped out of the garrulous literary and journalistic circles I had frequented.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• chatty
• glib
• loquacious
• voluble