blathered (on)

verb

past tense of blather (on)
as in rambled
to talk at length without sticking to a topic or getting to a point my attention wandered as she blathered on about her endlessly active social life

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for blathered (on)
  1. rambled
  2. rattled
  3. went on
  4. ran on
Verb
  • Cars lined the streets looking for parking spots as people rambled through the bustling marketplace at Clock Tower Landing.
    — Kendrick Calfee June 6, Kansas City Star, 6 June 2026
  • When asked simple questions by William Savitt, one of the attorneys representing OpenAI, Musk rambled and avoided the issue at hand.
    — Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 May 2026
Definition of rambled
Verb
  • Those drivers’ days (and lives) were rattled far more than those stuck in the backup behind them.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • His campaign website includes a section dedicated to investing in rural communities, and Talarico has focused on data center policy in recent weeks, holding a roundtable in Abilene on the subject that has rattled the state’s rural residents.
    — Eleanor Dearman Updated August 29, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of rattled
Verb
  • And as time went on, the barn that was once the cornerstone of farm life slowly began deteriorating beyond repair, leading the farm to undergo another major change this year in an effort to restore the barn’s former liveliness.
    — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026
  • Racing In third position earlier in the evening, the Allan McNish, Dindo Capello and Emanuele Pirro Audi R10 went on to win the 11th running of the Petit Le Mans road race at Road Atlanta in 2008.
    — Chris Teague, AJC.com, 4 Sep. 2026
Definition of went on
Verb
  • The model will handle document-review tasks that previously ran on Claude.
    — Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Paramount+ is also streaming all eight episodes of the first season, which ran on BET+ and BET previously, free on their YouTube channel.
    — Ronda Racha Penrice, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
Definition of ran on
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“Blathered (on).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/blathered%20%28on%29. Accessed 6 Sep. 2026.

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