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adjective

Definition of yammeringnext
as in crying

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yammering

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noun

1
as in whining

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as in prattle

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yammering

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verb

present participle of yammer
as in complaining
to express dissatisfaction, pain, or resentment usually tiresomely customers yammered on for what seemed like days about the billing mistake

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for yammering
  1. prattle
  2. complaining
  3. howling
  4. whining
  5. chatter
  6. jabber
  7. blab
  8. patter
Noun
  • She was getting winded on our walk, and her prattle was broken up by heavy breaths.
    Joshua Cohen, The New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2024
  • The larcenous prattle is, in this sense, a typically Wiig-ian set piece: sunny, strained and flailing for dignity.
    Lili Loofbourow, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
Definition of prattle
Verb
  • The irony of the quintessential real estate expert buying a home in the flight path of an international airport, then complaining about the noise, is not lost on the rest of Palm Beach County.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 8 Jan. 2025
  • The Buccaneers started complaining to the officials about fouls.
    CJ Moore, The Athletic, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of complaining
Adjective
  • But most ominous of all, at least for me, are the howling winds.
    Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
  • Their capabilities range from merely howling threats, to throwing Molotov cocktails, to carrying out suicide operations or blowing up cars, to seizing control of territory—at least for a time.
    Nelly Lahoud, Foreign Affairs, 13 Aug. 2021
Definition of howling
Noun
  • As the Dodgers officially welcomed their latest gazillionaire pitcher to a remodeling Dodger Stadium on Tuesday, the churning of the bulldozers in the infield was momentarily drowned out by the whining around the baseball world.
    Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
  • Or that their child’s whims, extreme whining, or a physical demonstration of their tantrum should be overlooked.
    Ashley J. DiMella Fox News, Fox News, 21 Sep. 2024
Definition of whining
Noun
  • Using Cell Phones with Reckless Abandon While the ballpark is filled with cheers and chatter, nobody wants to be seated next to the person who’s loudly carrying on a phone conversation in the middle of it—or have to dodge the hundredth selfie snapped by the person in front of them.
    Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The compressed size of the court and the smaller arena mean players — and fans — will be able to hear much more on-court chatter.
    Remy Tumin, New York Times, 17 Jan. 2025
Definition of chatter
Noun
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Jacobs-Jenkins renders him as a wry, friendly figure who occasionally takes over the bodies of the other characters to explain what is happening beneath their jabber.
    Jesse Green, New York Times, 5 June 2023
Definition of jabber
Noun
  • The unknowing apprentice blabs about red hair and more to Cressida, who then takes the information to blackmail Penelope into paying her a huge sum.
    Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 June 2024
  • But things turn sour when Eloise blabs about Colin helping Pen to Cressida and another one of the ladies nearby hears it … and well, gossip is meant to be spread right?
    Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 16 May 2024
Definition of blab
Noun
  • Ever the needler, Travis hands her money to buy a book to learn to speak English, because her hillbilly patter will drive him crazy.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 15 Dec. 2024
  • In a mode somewhat reminiscent of Diablo Cody’s early films, this screenplay’s snappy patter can cross a line from sharp to merely show-offy.
    Dennis Harvey, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of patter
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