Malarkey — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/mˈælɑːɹki/

🇬🇧British English

/mˈalɑːki/

🇮🇳Indian English

/mˈalɑːki/

3 syllables Say it as /mˈælɑːɹki/.

Examples

that's a lot of wind
don't give me any of that jazz

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

jazz idle words nothingness wind malarky

Parts of Speech

noun	empty rhetoric or insincere or exaggerated talk “that's a lot of wind”

Word Forms

windy

adjective

using or containing too many words

Around the World

Europe

🇪🇸Spanish

tonterías

Retórica vacía o charla poco sincera o exagerada.

🇷🇺Russian

чушь

пустая риторика, неискренние или преувеличенные разговоры

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मैलार्की

खोखली बयानबाजी या निष्ठाहीन या अतिरंजित बात

🇮🇳Tamil

மலர்க்கி

வெற்று சொல்லாட்சி அல்லது நேர்மையற்ற அல்லது மிகைப்படுத்தப்பட்ட பேச்சு

🇮🇳Telugu

మలార్కీ

ఖాళీ వాక్చాతుర్యం లేదా నిష్కపటమైన లేదా అతిశయోక్తి చర్చ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮಲಾರ್ಕಿ

ಖಾಲಿ ವಾಕ್ಚಾತುರ್ಯ ಅಥವಾ ನಿಷ್ಕಪಟ ಅಥವಾ ಉತ್ಪ್ರೇಕ್ಷಿತ ಮಾತು

🇮🇳Malayalam

മലർക്കി

ശൂന്യമായ വാചാടോപം അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ആത്മാർത്ഥതയില്ലാത്ത അല്ലെങ്കിൽ അതിശയോക്തി കലർന്ന സംസാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮਲਾਰਕੀ

ਖਾਲੀ ਬਿਆਨਬਾਜ਼ੀ ਜਾਂ ਬੇਰਹਿਮ ਜਾਂ ਅਤਿਕਥਨੀ ਵਾਲੀ ਗੱਲ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

说大话

空洞的言辞或不真诚或夸大的言论

🇯🇵Japanese

マラーキー

空虚なレトリック、不誠実または誇張された話

🇰🇷Korean

말라키

공허한 수사, 성실하지 않거나 과장된 말

🇹🇭Thai

มาลาร์กี้

วาทศาสตร์ที่ว่างเปล่าหรือการพูดที่ไม่จริงใจหรือเกินจริง

🇮🇩Indonesian

omong kosong

retorika kosong atau pembicaraan yang tidak tulus atau berlebihan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

مالاركي

كلام فارغ أو كلام غير صادق أو مبالغ فيه

🇮🇷Persian

مالارکی

لفاظی های توخالی یا صحبت های غیر صادقانه یا اغراق آمیز

🇹🇷Turkish

saçmalık

boş retorik veya samimiyetsiz veya abartılı konuşma

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