Meanings
comparative more garrulous · superlative most garrulous
- Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
She lingered for a few moments, and was garrulous over some detail of the household.
1891, Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray1 more example
Crammed with gossip, anecdotes, and confessions . . ., his garrulous, untidy narratives read like a good novel.
1984 Dec, James Atlas, “A Modern Whitman”, in The AtlanticSynonyms: chatty, talkative, long-winded, loquacious, tonguey, voluble, chattering, chattery
- entertainmentExcessively wordy and rambling.
Synonyms: bombastic, rambling, wordy, circumlocutory, diffuse, periphrastic, palaverous, pleonastic
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExcessively or tiresomely talkative.
adjectiveExcessively wordy and rambling.
More synonyms by meaning
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Adapted borrowing of Latin garrulus (“talkative”) + -ous, from the verb garriō (“to chatter”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λάλος
- λάλος (lálos)excessively or tiresomely talkative
Bulgarian бъбрив, приказлив
- бъбрив (băbriv)excessively or tiresomely talkative
- приказлив (prikazliv)excessively or tiresomely talkative
- многословен (mnogosloven)excessively wordy and rambling
Chinese Mandarin 喋喋不休的
- 喋喋不休的excessively or tiresomely talkative
Czech upovídaný, užvaněný
- upovídanýexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- užvaněnýexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- povídavýexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- řečnýexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- mnohomluvnýexcessively wordy and rambling
Dutch kletserig, praatziek
- kletserigexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- praatziekexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- babbelziekexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- langdradigexcessively wordy and rambling
- wijdlopigexcessively wordy and rambling
- omslachtigexcessively wordy and rambling
German geschwätzig, endlos redend
- geschwätzigexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- endlos redendexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- daherlaberndexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Greek φλύαρος, πολύλογος
- φλύαρος (flýaros)excessively or tiresomely talkative
- πολύλογος (polýlogos)excessively wordy and rambling
- απεραντολόγος (aperantológos)excessively wordy and rambling
Hungarian bőbeszédű, szószátyár
- bőbeszédűexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- szószátyárexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Indonesian cerewet, pembual
- cerewetexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- pembualexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- banyak omongexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Irish béalchlabach, clabach
- béalchlabachexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- clabachexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- ráiteachexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- cabachexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- foclachexcessively wordy and rambling
Italian garrulo
- garruloexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Latin garrulus
- garrulusexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Māori tewha, ngutu tewha
- tewhaexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- ngutu tewhaexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- teweteweexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- pukukōreroexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- kōteteteteexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Polish gadatliwy
- gadatliwyexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Portuguese gárrulo, tagarela
- gárruloexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- tagarelaexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Romanian limbut, guraliv
- limbutexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- guralivexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- gureșexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- flecarexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Russian болтли́вый, говорли́вый
- болтли́вый (boltlívyj)excessively or tiresomely talkative
- говорли́вый (govorlívyj)excessively or tiresomely talkative
- простра́нный (prostránnyj)excessively wordy and rambling
- многосло́вный (mnogoslóvnyj)excessively wordy and rambling
Spanish gárrulo, garrulador
- gárruloexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- garruladorexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- lenguónexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- lenguazexcessively or tiresomely talkative
- gárruloexcessively wordy and rambling
Swedish pratsjuk
- pratsjukexcessively or tiresomely talkative
Tamil வாயாடி
- வாயாடி (vāyāṭi)excessively wordy and rambling
Ukrainian балакучий, говіркий
- балакучий (balakučyj)excessively or tiresomely talkative
- говіркий (hovirkyj)excessively or tiresomely talkative
- багатослівний (bahatoslivnyj)excessively wordy and rambling
Cite this entry
garrulous. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garrulous
“garrulous.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/garrulous. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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