Advertisement
Advertisement
twaddle
[ twod-l ]
noun
- trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious talk or writing.
Synonyms: , , ,
verb (used without object)
- to talk in a trivial, feeble, silly, or tedious manner; prate.
verb (used with object)
- to utter as twaddle.
twaddle
/ ˈٷɒə /
noun
- silly, trivial, or pretentious talk or writing; nonsense
verb
- to talk or write (something) in a silly or pretentious way
Derived Forms
- ˈٷɲ, noun
Other Word Forms
- ٷɲd noun
- ٷɲd adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of twaddle1
Example Sentences
First, it is no exaggeration to say that this statement may be the most self-serving pile of bombastic twaddle Silicon Valley has ever created.
Women could be oppressors, too, she thought, and she took a dim view of “inane woman’s rights, man-rebellious twaddle.”
But Allsopp described her argument as "a load of utter twaddle".
He lists several reasons, for example, that claims about purportedly hacked Dominion voting machines were “absolute nonsense” and “meaningless twaddle.”
And frankly, often, Republicans act like losers who can’t win elections fairly — the brazen gerrymanders, the craven coddling of Donald Trump’s “stop the steal” twaddle.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse