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drivel
noun as in foolish talk
verb as in talk foolishly
Example Sentences
Donald Trump’s rambling 90+ minute remarks at the Republican National Convention were widely panned as a train wreck of divisive rhetoric, anti-immigrant smears, and self-aggrandizing drivel.
But at the other end of the scale, the Daily Express's one-star critique called it "absolute drivel" and described Holland as "a charisma free zone".
Meanwhile, Musk has drifted right and become an enthusiastic booster of antisemitic and white replacement drivel.
But some of the books I got were pure academic drivel, totally useless, that gave me no guidance or comfort.
Last week I was debating all this with a local Republican, a former state representative, when he deflected like this: “We are a representative republic, not a democracy. Trump is not a threat to either one. But we don’t need to dwell on that ridiculous assumption. That’s purely political drivel at this point.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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