to drivel
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7.0
- verb
- /ˈdrɪvəl/
- If we Taskres did not end in blood, then we ended in driveling foolishness.
Examples
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While I see your point, it's worse to let these people drivel on with impunity.
Blog text (7) -
What are you driveling about?
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You driveling fool.
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"Don't worry, I'm not going to start driveling about fairies;
Fiction book (1992) -
He buys local TV ads and pushes his personal agenda, as only he can drivel.
Blog text (6) -
Paul's argument in the first chapter of Romans is essentially this: there is no fact more obvious than the existence of a Creator who deserves our worship, but sinful men refuse to see it, and in their wickedness, they become driveling idiots.
Blog text (1) -
I am unmoved by talk about the absurdity of a godless life; self-indulgent philosophical hand-wringing over existential matters leaves me as disgusted as does New Age drivel about cosmic consciousness.
Academic text (2000) -
I tried to have a serious conversation with him, but he just kept driveling about his favorite TV shows.
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During the meeting, she couldn't help but drivel on about her weekend plans, ignoring the important topics.
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He tends to drivel whenever he gets nervous, saying things that don't make much sense.
Synonyms
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4.4
Talk quickly in a silly way that is hard to understand
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8.0
To talk a lot in a silly way that makes little sense
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8.4
To talk on and on in a silly way about unimportant things
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9.9
To say rude, bragging things to impress people or make them angry
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5.7
To say things that are not true or that make no sense
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9.9
To talk in a boring way without saying anything useful
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9.9
To talk a long time in a silly or unimportant way
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9.9
To talk in a silly, confused way that has little meaning
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9.9
To talk for a long time about silly or unimportant things
Antonyms
How Senseless
Surface Forms
Etymology
Drivel as a verb also came to mean 'to talk in a silly or meaningless way' because people compared words that spill out to saliva that drips. So to drivel is to speak without sense.