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Meaning of Twaddle | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈtwɒdəl

Definitions

  1. Empty or silly idle talk or writing; nonsense, rubbish.
    uncountable
  2. A surname.
  3. One who twaddles; a twaddler.
    countable

Equivalents

العربية الهراء
Azərbaycanca gop gopa basmaq osturağa basmaq osturaq
Bosanski vas
Català xerrameca
Čeština kecat žvanit
Dansk vås våse vrøvl vrøvle
Español chorrada
Français fadaise sornette
Hrvatski vas
Bahasa Indonesia ocehan
Nederlands onzin
Português palração palrar
Српски vas
Türkçe zırva
Українська нісені́тниця

Examples

“You're talking a load of twaddle. Get your facts straight, man!”
“Still, being unfortunate enough to belong to that small but respectable minority who regard Mr. Tupper's versicular philosophy as superficial and conceited twaddle,—as a new manifestation to these latter days of weakness and sentimentalism under the solemn form of the Oracular,[…].”
“"What ineffable twaddle!" I cried, slapping the magazine down on the table; "I never read such rubbish in my life."”
“I would rather be rude than to listen to twaddle from a man I’ve known.”
“It was her other self who had written that letter. It not only bored, it rather disgusted her real self. "Flippant and silly," said her real self. Yet she knew that she'd send it and she'd always write that kind of twaddle to Nan Pym.”
“I improvised for three or four minutes, speaking complete twaddle in character.”

CEFR level

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