What is the difference between garrulous and loquacious?
garrulous | loquacious | Synonyms |
Excessively or tiresomely talkative.
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* 1984 , "A Modern Whitman," by James Atlas. The Atlantic , Dec 1984.
(of something written or performed) Excessively wordy and rambling.
Talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.
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Loquacious is a synonym of garrulous.
Loquacious is a antonym of garrulous.
As adjectives the difference between garrulous and loquacious
is that garrulous is excessively or tiresomely talkative while loquacious is talkative or chatty, especially of persons given to excess conversation.garrulous
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Crammed with gossip, anecdotes, and confessions . . ., his garrulous , untidy narratives read like a good novel.
Synonyms
* (excessively or tiresomely talkative) (l), (l), (l), (l) * (excessively wordy and rambling) (l), (l), (l) * See also * See alsoDerived terms
* (l) * (l)loquacious
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- On the other hand, Hetty was moody and silent. She was never loquacious , or if she occasionally became communicative, it was under the influence of some temporary excitement that served to arouse her unsophisticated mind; but, for hours at a time, in the course of this all-important day, she seemed to have absolutely lost the use of her tongue.