garrulous
garrulous — adjective
- garrulouspositive
- more garrulouscomparative
- most garruloussuperlative
1. People describe someone as garrulous when that person talks too much and too oft
People describe someone as garrulous when that person talks too much and too often, filling conversations with trivial details that make listeners lose patience.
Salma's garrulous seatmate talked for three hours about his stamp collection and his cat's diet.
garrulous + noun describing a person
The quiet librarian became garrulous after a single glass of wine at the party.
become + garrulous (change of state)
Chidi tried to read, but his garrulous uncle kept interrupting with stories about strangers.
Nellie avoided the garrulous neighbour, knowing he would talk for hours without stopping.
The dinner party grew awkward as the host's garrulous father dominated every conversation.
- talkative
neutral or mildly positive; much more common in everyday English; CEFR B1
- chatty
informal and friendly; suggests enjoyable conversation rather than annoying chatter; CEFR A2
- loquacious
formal synonym for 'talkative'; similar register to garrulous but lacks the connotation of annoying triviality; CEFR C2
- verbose
describes speech or writing that uses too many words, not the speaker's personality trait; CEFR C1
文法句型
garrulous + noun (garrulous neighbour)
be/link-verb + garrulous (become garrulous)
用法筆記
Garrulous has a distinctly negative tone — it implies that the speaker finds the talking excessive, tiresome, or annoying. It is not a neutral synonym for 'talkative' or 'chatty', and it is more common in formal or literary writing than in everyday conversation.