drivel
36
7.7
- noun
- /ˈdrɪvəl/
:
tontería
- We shouldn't let the public off; if this drivel weren't getting ratings, it wouldn't be on.
Examples
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Safe to say, it was almost always pure drivel or the musings of a perpetually twelve-year-old mind.
Blog text (1) -
I wonder if the author of this drivel ever heard of the word inflation.
Blog text (3) -
Here, just stop that drivel.
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If that sounds like self-promotion or New Age drivel, consider this:
Academic text (2000) -
Well, Aldric, they printed your drivel, so what do you say now?
Blog text (7) -
That's the most unconvincing piece of drivel I can ever remember reading.
Blog text (2) -
Listen to this drivel.
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Society is too engrossed in drivel like whether badminton players in the Olympics were cheating or not.
Blog text (6) -
Dismissing these complaints as whining drivel sounds like a combination of defeatism and rationalization.
Blog text (8) -
At the meeting, he kept spewing drivel that made it hard to focus on the real issues.
Synonyms
578
2.5
Words or ideas that do not make sense
246
1.6
Useless or silly information, for example in unwanted emails
102
3.1
Words or writing that have no value
45
9.9
Things people say or do that are false and rude
11
8.4
Talk that is foolish and has little meaning
10
9.9
Silly talk that is not true
3
9.9
Silly talk that wastes time
3
9.9
A silly idea or story that is not true
1
6.6
Silly talk that is not true or useful
1
9.9
Foolish talk or ideas that are unimportant and silly
Antonyms
How Senseless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drivel once meant 'saliva that runs from the mouth', and people began to compare useless words to that drool that simply spills out. So drivel now means 'silly or senseless talk'.