Meaning of Drivel | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A servant; a drudge.
   obsolete
2. Nonsense; senseless talk.
   countable, uncountable
3. Saliva, drool.
   countable, rare, uncountable
4. A fool; an idiot.
   obsolete

Equivalents

Examples

““You pay too much attention to such insipid drivel in even mentioning it.””

“But what drivel I am writing! It is just an attempt to pass the weary time.”

“A ray of light amid all this nonsense was Gwyn Topham's piece in the Guardian, which was timely, measured, accurate and of appropriate tone. That this single report stood out so clearly as an exemplar is a scathing comment in itself on the volumes of drivel surrounding it.”

““Yeah, wading down into the comments. "Winsomely compelling cop-aganda," says C-Rob-69. Oh, wait, that was me.” “Drivel for the unwashed. The Bard, how he weeps.””

“He pauses as I wipe the drivel from his chin.”

“He wiped drivel from his chin with a stubby forearm.”

“She wipes some drivel from his chin with a Kleenex, which she throws away in the bin, then sits and clasps his hand in hers.”

“that foul aged drivel”

“if thou didst know what a life I lead with that drivel, it would make thee even of pity receive me into thy only comfort”

The New Arcadia

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