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talkative

[ taw-kuh-tiv ]

adjective

  1. inclined to talk a great deal:

    One drink and she became very talkative.

    Synonyms: , ,



talkative

/ ˈɔːəɪ /

adjective

  1. given to talking a great deal
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Derived Forms

  • ˈٲ첹پ, adverb
  • ˈٲ첹پԱ, noun
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  • over·ٲa·پ·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of talkative1

A late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; talk, -ative
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Synonym Study

Talkative, garrulous, loquacious characterize a person who talks a great deal. Talkative is a neutral or mildly unfavorable word applied to a person who is inclined to talk a great deal, sometimes without significance: a talkative child. The garrulous person talks with wearisome persistence, usually about personal and trivial things: a garrulous old man. A loquacious person, intending to be sociable, talks continuously and at length: a loquacious host.
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One of the kids killed in the book — described as an overweight, intellectual and talkative boy with asthma — is given no name other than what his cruel classmates refer to him as, "Piggy."

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I didn’t really answer — I laughed, probably sighed — but in hindsight, I wish I had been a bit more talkative.

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A previously talkative child, the boy has started sometimes speaking in a “minion language.”

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An unedited video of him and his mother sitting and talking to the camera highlights how she forced him to be more talkative and told him to “fake being happy.”

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"He was always very happy and talkative, the joker of the family and always loved to outsmart us with a smile."

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