Thesaurus / prate
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But I am transgressing the rule I laid down for myself in the outset of these stories—not to prate much about my own pets.
STORIES ABOUT ANIMALS: WITH PICTURES TO MATCHFRANCIS C. WOODWORTHAfter that let him who will prate of the feeling of identity and the consciousness of self.
MARGUERITEANATOLE FRANCENeither shalt thou prate even to thy own heart of 'those secrets known to all.'
SARTOR RESARTUSTHOMAS CARLYLEUds life, Ill stick my knife in your guts an you prate to me so!
THE MERMAID SERIES. EDITED BY H. ELLIS. THE BEST PLAYS OF THE OLD DRAMATISTS. THOMAS DEKKER. EDITED, WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY ERNEST RHYS.THOMAS DEKKERMy fanaticism is, that I insist on the American people abolishing Slavery, or ceasing to prate of the rights of man.
NO COMPROMISE WITH SLAVERYWILLIAM LLOYD GARRISONThink well over this,—you who preach the gospel of man's pre-eminence;—you who prate of God and know nothing whatsoever about Him!
ANIMAL GHOSTSELLIOTT O'DONNELLI would fain have your lordship think that we have small reason to prate.
A SELECT COLLECTION OF OLD ENGLISH PLAYS, VOLUME 10 (OF 15)VARIOUS"Old age is privileged to prate, I suppose," said Mrs. Arnold, feebly attempting to smile.
THE INCENDIARYW. A. (WILLIAM AUGUSTINE) LEAHYBut how can you prate of 'fruit' in so commonplace a fashion, and then shower me with works of art, full of delicious mystery?
MAVIS OF GREEN HILLFAITH BALDWINHe was captured red-handed in the act at yonder window, listening to that which he may never know and live to prate about.
THE MASTER OF APPLEBYFRANCIS LYNDEWORDS RELATED TO PRATE
- account
- babble
- back-fence talk
- blather
- blether
- buzz
- calumny
- chatter
- chitchat
- chronicle
- clothesline
- conversation
- cry
- defamation
- dirty laundry
- dirty linen
- dirty wash
- earful
- gossipry
- grapevine
- hearsay
- idle talk
- injury
- malicious talk
- meddling
- news
- prate
- prattle
- report
- rumor
- scandal
- scuttlebutt
- slander
- small talk
- story
- tale
- talk
- tattle
- tittle-tattle
- whispering campaign
- wire
- word
- articulate
- babble
- broach
- chant
- chat
- chatter
- comment on
- communicate
- confess
- converse
- describe
- divulge
- drawl
- drone
- express
- flap one's tongue
- gab
- gabble
- give voice to
- gossip
- influence
- intone
- notify
- palaver
- parley
- patter
- persuade
- prate
- prattle
- pronounce
- reveal
- rhapsodize
- run on
- say
- sing
- soliloquize
- speak
- spill the beans
- spout
- squeak
- squeal
- talk one's leg off
- tell
- tell all
- use
- utter
- ventriloquize
- verbalize
- voice
- yak
- argued
- canvassed
- carried on conversation
- chewed
- collogued
- communed
- confabulated
- conferred
- confided
- consulted
- contacted
- deliberated
- dialogued
- engaged in conversation
- exchanged
- groupthinked
- had a meet
- held discussion
- huddled
- interacted
- interfaced
- interviewed
- joined in conversation
- kept in touch
- negotiated
- networked
- palavered
- parleyed
- reached out
- reasoned
- related
- thrashed out
- touch base
- touched
- vented
- visited
- was in contact
- went into a huddle
- babble
- bad-mouth
- bend one's ear
- blab
- blather
- blether
- chat
- chatter
- cut to pieces
- cut up
- dish
- hint
- imply
- insinuate
- intimate
- jaw
- noise
- prate
- prattle
- rattle on
- repeat
- report
- rumor
- schmoose
- spill the beans
- spread
- suggest
- talk
- talk idly
- tattle
- tell secrets
- tell tales
- tell tales out of school
- whisper
- wiggle-waggle
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