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We, human beings are SOCIAL animals. Following is cluster of words describing various genres of conversation.

Confabulate

To talk casually; chat.

Usage: The two proud recipients of the coveted awards,Mary and Anne, were confabulating sitting under the stairway.

She could be heard on phone confabulating with someone.

Gossip

1. Rumor or talk of a personal, sensational, or intimate nature.

2. A person who habitually spreads intimate or private rumors or facts.

3. Trivial, chatty talk or writing.

Usage: Mary and Anne was gossiping about the neighbors.

John shot up a letter to the chairman, which was full of gossip.

There has been a lot of gossip about the reasons for his absence.

Chatter

1. To talk rapidly, incessantly, and on trivial subjects. Usage: Mary chattered all the way to John”s house.

2. To utter a rapid series of short, inarticulate, speechlike sounds. Usage : It is pleasant to listen to the birds chattering in the trees.

3. To click quickly and repeatedly. Usage: My teeth chattered from the cold.

4. To vibrate or rattle while in operation. Usage : A power drill will chatter if the bit is loose.

Chatterbox

An extremely talkative person.

Usage: John’s five-year-old daughter’s a real little chatterbox.

Chitchat

1. Casual conversation; small talk.

2. Gossip.

Usage: He began to lose his focus and a lot of he general chitchat of the staff just washed over his head.

chew the fat

talk socially without exchanging too much information.

Usage: You’ll find plenty of folks willing to chew the fat about it, over in the discussion forums.

Shoot the breeze

To engage in idle conversation.

Usage : The men were sitting in the cafe and shooting the breeze.

Gainsay

1. To declare false; deny.

2. To oppose, especially by contradiction.

Usage : There was no-one to gainsay this assertion.

No one ventured to gainsay the missionary.

The image illustrates a man gainsaying the credibility of modern art :

Banter

Good-humored, playful conversation.

Usage: John bantered with her colleagues during a coffee break.

They shared a cocktail and bantered easily.

Repartee

1. A swift, witty reply.

2. Conversation marked by the exchange of witty retorts.

Battle of Wits : Between two guests at a wedding reception. The exchange of repartee.

Badinage

playful or frivolous repartee or banter.

Usage: She tried to respond to his light-hearted badinage.

The man and the woman stood face to face – the light badinage which had been passing between them had suddenly ended.

Taciturn

Habitually untalkative.

Usage : John being a taciturn man, answered my questions in monosyllables.

Wheedle

1. To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile.

2. To obtain through the use of flattery or guile.

Usage: John is a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.

Loquacious

Very talkative; garrulous.

Usage: The normally loquacious man said little.

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v. whee·dled, whee·dling, whee·dles

v.tr.

1. To persuade or attempt to persuade by flattery or guile; cajole.

2. To obtain through the use of flattery or guile: a swindler who wheedled my life savings out of me.

v.intr.

To use flattery or cajolery to achieve one’s ends.

[Origin unknown.]

wheedler n.

wheedling·ly adv.

wheedle [ˈwiːd^əl]

1. to persuade or try to persuade (someone) by coaxing words, flattery, etc.

2. (tr) to obtain by coaxing and flattery she wheedled some money out of her father

[perhaps from German wedeln to wag one's tail, from Old High German wedil, wadil tail]

wheedler n

wheedling adj

wheedlingly adv

ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms

Verb

wheedle – influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; “He palavered her into going along”

blarney, cajole, coax, inveigle, sweet-talk, palaver

persuade – cause somebody to adopt a certain position, belief, or course of action; twist somebody’s arm; “You can’t persuade me to buy this ugly vase!”

soft-soap – persuade someone through flattery

browbeat, bully, swagger – discourage or frighten with threats or a domineering manner; intimidate

wheedle

verb coax, talk, court, draw, persuade, charm, worm, flatter, entice, cajole, inveigle He managed to wheedle some more money out of me.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

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Polemic

1. A controversial argument, especially one refuting or attacking a specific opinion or doctrine.

2. A person engaged in or inclined to controversy, argument, or refutation.

Usage: John has a very polemic view about the Spanish revolution.

When John started writing again, rather than concentrating on fiction he was more inclined on the religious polemics.

Rodomontade

Pretentious boasting or bragging.

Usage : She admired John for his exterior, but the admiration of no moderately sensible woman could overlook rodomontade so exceedingly desperate.

They did so; and a day it was, of boast, and swagger, and rodomontade.

Bombastic

Grandiloquent, pompous speech or writing.

Usage : John has a bombastic style of oratory.