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Synonyms for rambling
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Princeton's WordNet
sprawling, straggling, rambling, straggly(adj)
spreading out in different directions
"sprawling handwriting"; "straggling branches"; "straggly hair"
Synonyms:
wandering(a), sprawling, winding, straggly, discursive, excursive, digressive, meandering(a), stragglingdigressive, discursive, excursive, rambling(adj)
(of e.g. speech and writing) tending to depart from the main point or cover a wide range of subjects
"amusingly digressive with satirical thrusts at women's fashions among other things"; "a rambling discursive book"; "his excursive remarks"; "a rambling speech about this and that"
Synonyms:
wandering(a), sprawling, winding, straggly, discursive, excursive, digressive, meandering(a), dianoetic, tangential, stragglingmeandering(a), rambling, wandering(a), winding(adj)
of a path e.g.
"meandering streams"; "rambling forest paths"; "the river followed its wandering course"; "a winding country road"
Editors Contribution
circumlocutions
indirect way of speaking
Submitted by acronimous on February 2, 2014
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
rambling(a)
Synonyms:
roving, wandering, discursive, digressive, incoherent
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#14880 | winding | |
#24972 | rambling | |
#34062 | sprawling | |
#46883 | tangential | |
#53297 | discursive | |
#125649 | straggling | |
#287122 | straggly | |
#312524 | digressive |
How to use rambling in a sentence?
Be not careless in deeds, nor confused in words, nor rambling in thought.
Principal Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no point in your rambling, incoherent response were you even close to anything that could be considered a rational thought. Everyone in this room is now dumber for having listened to it. I award you no points, and may God have mercy on your soul.
It's not just what you say, but how you say it, as soon as you start rambling and get nervous, you are giving it life and bringing attention to it.
In recent days, as Tarzan has faced trouble, he's been rambling, we know he doesn't have a university diploma, but I'm wondering if he even has a middle school one.
President Trumps recorded conversation with Georgia Secretary of State Raffensperger is more than a pathetic, rambling, delusional rant, his disgraceful effort to intimidate an elected official into deliberately changing and misrepresenting the legally confirmed vote totals in his state strikes at the heart of our democracy and merits nothing less than a criminal investigation.
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