Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to blither
Participle: blithered
Gerund: blithering
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | blither |
| you | blither |
| he;she;it | blithers |
| we | blither |
| you | blither |
| they | blither |
Perfect
| I | have blithered |
| you | have blithered |
| he;she;it | has blithered |
| we | have blithered |
| you | have blithered |
| they | have blithered |
Past
| I | blithered |
| you | blithered |
| he;she;it | blithered |
| we | blithered |
| you | blithered |
| they | blithered |
Pluperfect
| I | had blithered |
| you | had blithered |
| he;she;it | had blithered |
| we | had blithered |
| you | had blithered |
| they | had blithered |
Future
| I | will blither |
| you | will blither |
| he;she;it | will blither |
| we | will blither |
| you | will blither |
| they | will blither |
Future Perfect
| I | will have blithered |
| you | will have blithered |
| he;she;it | will have blithered |
| we | will have blithered |
| you | will have blithered |
| they | will have blithered |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | blither |
| you | blither |
| he;she;it | blither |
| we | blither |
| you | blither |
| they | blither |
Perfect
| I | have blithered |
| you | have blithered |
| he;she;it | have blithered |
| we | have blithered |
| you | have blithered |
| they | have blithered |
Imperfect
| I | blithered |
| you | blithered |
| he;she;it | blithered |
| we | blithered |
| you | blithered |
| they | blithered |
Pluperfect
| I | had blithered |
| you | had blithered |
| he;she;it | had blithered |
| we | had blithered |
| you | had blithered |
| they | had blithered |
Conditional
Present
| I | would blither |
| you | would blither |
| he;she;it | would blither |
| we | would blither |
| you | would blither |
| they | would blither |
Perfect
| I | would have blithered |
| you | would have blithered |
| he;she;it | would have blithered |
| we | would have blithered |
| you | would have blithered |
| they | would have blithered |
Imperative
| you | blither |
| we | Let's blither |
| you | blither |
Verbs conjugated like 'blither'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'blither'
blather,
blether,
blithen,
slither,
belitter,
bitter,
blatter,
blinder,
blinker,
blister,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. The verb is a variant of blether (Northern England, Scotland), blather (“to say (something foolish or nonsensical); to say (something) in a foolish or overly verbose way; to babble (something); to talk rapidly without making much sense; to cry loudly, blubber”), from Middle English bloderen, blotheren (“to babble; to cry loudly, blubber”), from Old Norse blaðra (“to talk foolishly or inarticulately”), from blaðr (“nonsense”); further etymology uncertain.
2. The noun is a variant of blether, blather (“foolish or nonsensical talk”), either from blether, blather (verb), or from Old Norse blaðr (“nonsense”): see above.
Sample Sentences
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Personality is what I am aiming at, not mere manners. That is not strong enough for a man who "blithers" as you do. [1898 October 1, “Olla Podrida”, in The London Figaro, number 2226, […] Odhams [for] George Slater, →OCLC, page 6, column 2:]
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If he was to blither, it was only fair that she should bleat back. [1903, Jerome K[lapka] Jerome, chapter I, in Tea-table Talk, London: Hutchinson & Co. […], →OCLC, page 20:]
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He called you man, but he blithered a lot, you would hardly heed at all what he said— […] [1933 July, Lewis Grassic Gibbon [pseudonym; James Leslie Mitchell], “Stratus”, in Cloud Howe, London: Jarrolds Publishers […], →OCLC, page 164:]
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I mean, how does one blither? How can one stop blithering? How do I know when I am blithering? Or is blithering perhaps a useful core activity these days? [1989, Miles Kington, “Meaningless Phrases”, in Welcome to Kington: The Selected Columns of Miles Kington, London: Canelo Digital Publishing, published 2016, →ISBN:]
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Andrews was blithering now. It was sad, really, to watch a skilled professional sink so quickly into the quagmire. [2002 September, Julie Garwood, chapter 5, in Killjoy, New York, N.Y.: Ballantine Books, →ISBN, page 78:]
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You've reduced me down to the dregs / You won't seduce me, though I stand here and beg / I'm blithering, you're dithering, I'm your slithering fool. [2009, Arthur Phillips, chapter 13, in The Song is You […], New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, page 85:]
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Mary the maid blithered away, worrying about the state of the coppers in the kitchen, who would collect the hens' eggs […] [2020, Richard Holledge, “Betrayal”, in Voices of the Mayflower: The Saints, Strangers and Sly Knaves who Changed the World, Kibworth Beauchamp, Leicestershire: Matador, Troubador Publishing, →ISBN, page 61:]