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Meaning of Blather | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈblæðə(ɹ)

Definitions

Foolish or nonsensical talk.

derogatory, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“That is the worst of being in an Irish regiment, nothing can be done widout ever so much blather;”
“Will you cease your blather of mutiny and treason and courts-martial?”
“With years of proofreading under my belt, I knew exactly the blather and bluster favoured by professional politicians.”
“1596, Charles Fitzgeoffrey, Sir Francis Drake His Honorable Lifes Commendation, and His Tragicall Deathes Lamentation, Oxford: Joseph Barnes, […] on Vlisses Circe did bestowe A blather, where the windes imboweld were,”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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