If I have to listen to Mary's twaddle any further, I'll get mad.
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Twaddle
//ˈtwɒdəl//
Synonyms for "twaddle" (202 found)
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Closest matches (41)
Noun(20 words)
Strong matches (60)
Related words (101)
Noun(30 words)
hogwashhokumhorlickshorse cockhot airhumbugjazzmacaronimardlenatterpalaverprateprattlescuttlebuttshitsmall talkstufftaradiddletarradiddletattle
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hot airhumbugidle talkjabberjargonjawmalarkeymere talkmoonshinemumbo jumbonarrishkeitnatterniaiserienonsensenonsense talkpack of nonsensepalaverpatterpifflepoppycock
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pour forthpratepratingprattleprittle prattleprittle-prattlerambleramble onrantrattlerattle onreel offrigamarolerigmarolerodomontaderubbishrun onskimble-skambleslaverspoutspout offstuffstuff and nonsensestultiloquencetalktalk awaytalk nonsensetalk ontalkee talkeetalkee-talkeetittle tattletittle-tattletomfoolerytommyrottrashtrumperytwattletwiddle-twaddlevaporvaporingwafflewafflingyakyakkety-yak
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Translations
68 translations across 21 languages.
Azerbaijani
4 entries- gop noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- osturaq noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- gopa basmaq verb (To talk or write nonsense)
- goplamaq verb (To talk or write nonsense)
Bulgarian
1 entries- празни приказки noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Catalan
2 entries- vèrbola noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- xerrameca noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 信口开河 noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- 胡言乱语 noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- 胡说八道 noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Czech
2 entries- kecat verb (To talk or write nonsense)
- žvanit verb (To talk or write nonsense)
Danish
4 entries- vrøvl noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- vås noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- vrøvle verb (To talk or write nonsense)
- våse verb (To talk or write nonsense)
Dutch
1 entries- onzin noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Finnish
3 entries- höpinä noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- höpötys noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- höpöttää verb (To talk or write nonsense)
French
2 entries- fadaise noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- sornette noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
German
4 entries- Gequassel noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- Geschwurbel noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- Geschwätz noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- Gewäsch noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Haitian Creole
2 entries- istwa san sans noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- sornèt noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Indonesian
1 entries- ocehan noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Norwegian
4 entries- løst prat noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- pjatt noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- tomprat noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- tullprat noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Polish
4 entries- ambaje noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- bajdy noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- brednie noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- bzdurzenie noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Portuguese
2 entries- palração noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- palrar verb (To talk or write nonsense)
Russian
3 entries- болтовня noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- трындёж noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- трындеть verb (To talk or write nonsense)
Spanish
1 entries- chorrada noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Swedish
4 entries- babbel noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- dravel noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- pladder noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- snack noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Turkish
1 entries- zırva noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Ukrainian
2 entries- нісенітниця noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
- пустослів'я noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Volapük
1 entries- lupükot noun (Empty or silly idle talk or writing)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
"What ineffable twaddle!" I cried, slapping the magazine down on the table; "I never read such rubbish in my life."
Source: tatoeba (6303767)
Personally, I think it's a load of twaddle.
Source: tatoeba (11055940)
So much twaddle.
Source: tatoeba (12734992)
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