yammering

The word “yammering” has 3 syllables: yam-mer-ing

It's pronounced as /ˈjæmərɪŋ/

What is synonym and antonym for yammering?

In the thesaurus, “yammering” has 191 synonyms and 55 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for yammering along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for yammering

aching
agonized
anguished
babble
bawl
bawling
beefing
bellyaching
bemoaning
bewailing
bitching
bitter
blab
black
bleak
bleating
bleeding
bloviation
blubbering
bluster
bombast
brag
braggadocio
brokenhearted
bull
careworn
carping
caterwauling
caviling
cavilling
chatter
cheerless
cockalorum
comfortless
complaining
crabbing
crestfallen
croaking
cry
crying
dark
darkening
dejected
deploring
depressed
desolate
despondent
dirgelike
disconsolate
dismal
dispirited
doleful
dolesome
dolorous
downcast
downhearted
dreary
drivel
egotism
elegiac
elegiacal
fanfaronade
forlorn
fretting
funeral
funereal
fussing
gabble
gas
gasconade
gibber
gibberish
gloomy
glum
grandiloquence
gray
grey
grieving
griping
grizzling
groan
groaning
grouching
grousing
growling
grumbling
grumping
heartbroken
heartsick
heartsore
hollering
hot air
howl
howling
inconsolable
inveighing
jabber
jawing
joyless
keen
keening
kicking
kicking up a fuss
kicking up a stink
kvetching
lament
lamentable
lamentation
lamenting
low
low-spirited
lugubrious
magniloquence
maundering
melancholy
miserable
moan
moaning
moody
morbid
morose
mournful
murmuring
muttering
nagging
oratory
pathetic
patter
pessimistic
piteous
plaint
plaintive
plangent
pomposity
prating
prattle
protesting
quibbling
rant
regretful
repining
rhapsody
rhetoric
rhodomontade
rodomontade
rueful
sad
saturnine
screaming
self-conceit
self-importance
shriek
sniveling
sobbing
somber
sombre
sorrowful
sorry
squall
squawking
squealing
stewing
suffering
sullen
swagger
tearful
triste
turgidity
unhappy
vaunt
verbosity
wail
wailing
weeping
whimper
whimpering
whine
whingeing
whinging
whining
wind
windiness
woebegone
woeful
worrying
wretched
yauping
yawping
yelp
yowl
yowling

Antonyms for yammering

accepting
applauding
bearing
blissful
blithe
blithesome
bright
buoyant
cackle
cheerful
cheering
cheery
chortle
chuckle
commending
countenancing
crowing
delighted
delighting
ecstatic
elated
encouraging
enduring
euphoric
exhilarated
exulting
giddy
giggle
glorying
guffaw
happy
heady
hopeful
jocund
jolly
joyful
joyous
laugh
laughing
lighthearted
merry
mirthful
optimistic
rapturous
rejoicing
rhapsodic
rhapsodical
smiling
snicker
snigger
taking
titter
tolerating
triumphant
twitter

Meanings of yammering

verb
1. To complain peevishly.
2. To talk loudly and persistently.
3. To repeat on and on, usually loudly or in complaint.
4. To make an outcry; to clamor.
noun
1. Loud, incoherent, repetitive speech.

Example Sentences

The persistent yammering of the crows outside my window woke me up early in the morning.
Despite the library's quiet atmosphere, a group of teenagers in the corner couldn't resist yammering loudly.
The politician skillfully navigated through the crowd, ignoring the constant yammering of reporters.
The team meeting was productive until someone started yammering off-topic stories, derailing the discussion.
As I tried to focus on my work, the colleague at the adjacent desk wouldn't stop yammering on the phone.

On this page you'll find 246 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to yammering, such as: accepting, aching, agonized, anguished, applauding, babble, bawl.

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