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Definition of blah in English: blahnoun blɑːblɑ informal 1mass noun Used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content. 废话,空话 the first 20 pages are a lot of blah about budgets and stuff like that Example sentencesExamples - I think it's a lot of publicity, and blah, blah, blah.
- The lyrics aren't any worse than usual, but I've never had so little else to hold my attention than this blah-blah love-everyone impressionistic nonsense.
- All categories of cards - the mushy ones with a lot of sentimental blah-blah or the humorous ones - are all available on the Net.
- After lots of blah blahs on the pros and cons of a relationship, he concludes that they should not be together.
- On the other hand, all this blah-blah about change and platforms and national footprint and internationalism is surely powerful, too.
- Along with the expected blah-blah it boasts that it's the only school in the province that educates students older than sixteen.
- Amid the usual blah-blah of political rhetoric, I found this assertion really offensive.
- The press sought to discredit us as naive rich kids, the police bullied and criminalized us and the government dismissed our valid concerns as ‘blah, blah, blah.’
- Instead of left and right, we just don't like the bland, blah-blah, pointless, and point-of-view-less media we're getting.
- Here's some blah-blah from the table of contents about it: ‘As robots become more anthropomorphic, they are engaging with us in disconcertingly emotional ways.’
- I thought it would be really boring and blah if she just gave in to Devon immediately, I mean she's not stupid.
- To be bored to tears, fighting sleep, regarding his conversation as blah, blah, blah, and feeling you cannot get a word in edgewise are pretty unambiguous signs of, let us say, incompatibility.
- It is a bit weird that the judges are constantly drivelling about innovation and blah.
- It seems every building's name starts with ‘National’, such as the National Press Building, the National Theatre and the National Museum of blah-blah.
- Despite all the blah-blah about the ‘value’ of friendship, that's not what I wanted from them.
- I know it is a beautiful and magical time in a woman's life, I know all the advice-column blah-blah is absolutely true.
- That leaves a lot of space for non-consequential blah in between.
- Set aside all the blah-blah about whether he should be indicting people for perjury.
- Here's where the usual blah-blah about telling our own stories our own way comes in.
- I thought it was really terrific how he had boiled so much nonsense away and kept a particular track through the midst of all this confusion and hoopla and blah-blah.
Synonyms nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo 2the blahsNorth American Depression. 〈北美〉沮丧,抑郁 抑郁症的一个实例。 Example sentencesExamples - I am in the throes of the January blahs, that seasonal depression that is brought on every year at this time by intense cold and lack of sunlight.
- Even if it's a brisk walk to the store and back, do something to shake the late afternoon blahs.
- Mercury, the entertainment planet, is opposite your sign, giving you a case of the blahs.
- Also, do fun reading that temporarily distracts you from the blahs.
- Having fun is the best way to banish the blahs and reap physical benefits.
- A series of chuckles erupted against her wishes, threatening the blahs.
- The doctor's been working on a drug to cure people with a manic case of the blahs.
- The following are some suggestions to stay healthy and overcome the blahs.
- There's nothing like having writer's block, a cold and a bad case of the blahs on the same day.
- Eventually, the holiday blahs afflict most of us.
- I know what you mean about the blahs - nothing like powder skiing to drive them away.
- So earlier this week I had the blahs and couldn't figure out why.
- Well, it's time to shake the winter blahs right here, right now.
- Fall melancholy turns into the winter blahs shortly after Thanksgiving for this Chicago girl.
- Here in the midst of the winter blahs, one's mind veers toward nostalgia.
- Beat the winter blahs and get the family motivated with an indoor obstacle course.
- Why not melt those winter blahs away for good with a couple of hot shows?
- You may be one of millions of people who suffer from the February blahs or winter blues, medically known as Seasonal Affective Disorder.
- This is a simple on-line game for the Monday morning blahs.
- That this list appears in a free publication that's widely available, however, qualifies it as a cheap escape from the blahs for the duration of the time it takes to read it.
Synonyms depression, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, downheartedness, dejection, despondency, dispiritedness, heavy-heartedness, heartache, unhappiness, sadness, misery, woe, dismalness, despair, pessimism, hopelessness
adjective blɑːblɑ North American informal Dull or unexciting. the game has been very blah Example sentencesExamples - Nothing happens for an hour and a half, it just meanders on and on, the storyline diverges into two equally blah-blah plotlines.
- The same problems plague these as well: uninteresting camera shots and blah execution by the actors.
- I decided to put my hair in a bun, not a stuffy, boring, blah one; but a classy, yet fun and flirty one.
- It was underpowered, the brakes were very mushy, and the styling and interior were very blah.
- If her priority is to be with you - or at least to not be languishing in a blah marriage - then she should think of ways around these roadblocks.
- The escapade and following chase sequence are pretty exciting, leading up to a somewhat blah ending.
- That new novel that I was looking forward to was pretty blah.
- What kind of blah, boring, plain, girl wears shoes without heels?
- I am not sure if I would rather have an extreme year like that, or a blah year like 2004.
- Its heart is in the right place, and the cast is outstanding, but pacing issues and a blah story sour what could have been a sweet fruit.
- I'm not usually this irritable, but tonight's just been such a blah night.
- Each and every one of us was so unique… and we had such a blah last name.
- It's perfectly acceptable but otherwise about as blah and nutritious as eating sawdust.
- The latest episodes of the show have just been blah.
- For a lead story, it's a mostly blah article with nothing new to say.
- What it's done is ditch a blah celebrity in favor of a wow celebrity.
- I once got repeatedly flamed and sent virus-laden emails because I said I thought the concept of the Rock Hall of Fame was kind of blah.
- Today has been a pretty blah sort of day, nothing special.
- She always wore a peasant skirt, ranging from a blah crème color to a blah brown color.
- Every now and then, a project will come along that seizes my imagination and engages my brain but most of the time it's predictable and blah.
exclamationblɑːblɑ informal Used to substitute for actual words in contexts where they are felt to be too tedious or lengthy to give in full. he said nations great and small could come together to blah blah blah Example sentencesExamples - It is not the happy fairy who is here but the one who says what are you doing with your life, what is it about you that you can't get a job, blah etc.
- I know, I'm a cruel bastard, blah, blah, blah…
- The biggest fib, for want of a better word, was that two of the boys in the band had devised the name by blah, blah, blah.
- I mumbled something about not living in Norway for many years, that I didn't know about the rule of car seats for big children, blah, blah, blah.
- Well, they got five or six irate letters saying that the university was promoting a liberal stance, and that the university should never engage in politics, blah, blah, blah.
- Plus I've got to go for a blood test at my GP, and get this security card or something that gets me into special medical things, and blah.
- It is a good, basic introduction to accessibility, it links to good tutorials and has a small steps section, e.g. if you don't feel ready to add a new template to your blog you can start small by blah, blah.
- If I'm walking home, minding my own business, they roll up on me and, you know, harass me, blah, blah, blah.
- There was a point where they said they thought the threat had possibly been overstated, and then they started to question their sources, and blah, blah, blah.
- Tell her you love her all over again, blah, blah, blah.
- He suggested that the information society will empower the poor, combat world hunger, ensure environmental sustainability, and blah, and blah, and blah.
- They come up with terms like ‘progressive,’ and ‘open-minded,’ and ‘moderate,’ and blah, blah, blah.
- I've often heard the changing seasons used as a metaphor for the different times in a person's life. You know the thing; spring for youth, summer for young adult, blah, blah, blah.
- ‘Oh, I must uphold the school's so-called perfect image, blah, blah, blah,’ I laughed.
- Some time ago life was a real hassle to me, I hated my job, I hated my life, blah-blah you know?
- For months, the talk has been about trimming an ornamental detail here or there, eliminating this room, lowering that ceiling, blah, blah, blah.
- You know how they try to play up how ‘humane’ they are, using the ‘best science,’ blah, blah, blah…
- I let him babble on about how he looked forward to ‘helping out the team, working with the coach, blah, blah, blah.’
- The department is saying something completely different, that the programs were available for everybody, why didn't they apply, blah, blah, blah, and the list goes on.
- You might not think it's worthwhile now, but you're going to be a hero, blah, blah, blah.
OriginEarly 20th century (originally US): imitative. Rhymesaargh, Accra, afar, ah, aha, aide-mémoire, ajar, Alcazar, are, Armagh, armoire, Artois, au revoir, baa, bah, bar, barre, bazaar, beaux-arts, Bekaa, bête noire, Bihar, bizarre, Bogotá, Bonnard, bra, cafard, café noir, Calabar, car, Carr, Castlebar, catarrh, Changsha, char, charr, cigar, comme ci comme ça, commissar, coup d'état, de haut en bas, devoir, Dhofar, Directoire, Du Bois, Dumas, Dunbar, éclat, embarras de choix, escritoire, fah, famille noire, far, feu de joie, film noir, foie gras, Fra, galah, gar, guar, guitar, ha, hah, ha-ha, Halacha, hurrah, hussar, huzza, insofar, Invar, jar, je ne sais quoi, ka, kala-azar, Kandahar, khimar, Khorramshahr, knar, Krasnodar, Kwa, la-di-da, lah, Lehár, Loire, ma, mama, mamma, mar, Mardi Gras, ménage à trois, mirepoix, moire, nam pla, Navarre, noir, objet d'art, pa, pah, Panama, papa, par, Pará, Paraná, pas, pâté de foie gras, peau-de-soie, pietà, Pinot Noir, pooh-bah, poult-de-soie, pya, rah, registrar, Saar, Salazar, Sana'a, sang-froid, scar, schwa, Seychellois, shah, Shangri-La, shikar, ska, sol-fa, spa, spar, star, Starr, Stranraer, ta, tahr, tar, tartare, tata, tra-la, tsar, Twa, Villa, voilà, waratah, yah Definition of blah in US English: blahnounbläblɑ informal 1Used to refer to something which is boring or without meaningful content. 废话,空话 the first 20 pages are a lot of blah about budgets and stuff like that Example sentencesExamples - All categories of cards - the mushy ones with a lot of sentimental blah-blah or the humorous ones - are all available on the Net.
- It seems every building's name starts with ‘National’, such as the National Press Building, the National Theatre and the National Museum of blah-blah.
- To be bored to tears, fighting sleep, regarding his conversation as blah, blah, blah, and feeling you cannot get a word in edgewise are pretty unambiguous signs of, let us say, incompatibility.
- That leaves a lot of space for non-consequential blah in between.
- It is a bit weird that the judges are constantly drivelling about innovation and blah.
- The press sought to discredit us as naive rich kids, the police bullied and criminalized us and the government dismissed our valid concerns as ‘blah, blah, blah.’
- I know it is a beautiful and magical time in a woman's life, I know all the advice-column blah-blah is absolutely true.
- After lots of blah blahs on the pros and cons of a relationship, he concludes that they should not be together.
- Set aside all the blah-blah about whether he should be indicting people for perjury.
- Instead of left and right, we just don't like the bland, blah-blah, pointless, and point-of-view-less media we're getting.
- Along with the expected blah-blah it boasts that it's the only school in the province that educates students older than sixteen.
- On the other hand, all this blah-blah about change and platforms and national footprint and internationalism is surely powerful, too.
- Here's where the usual blah-blah about telling our own stories our own way comes in.
- I thought it was really terrific how he had boiled so much nonsense away and kept a particular track through the midst of all this confusion and hoopla and blah-blah.
- I think it's a lot of publicity, and blah, blah, blah.
- I thought it would be really boring and blah if she just gave in to Devon immediately, I mean she's not stupid.
- The lyrics aren't any worse than usual, but I've never had so little else to hold my attention than this blah-blah love-everyone impressionistic nonsense.
- Despite all the blah-blah about the ‘value’ of friendship, that's not what I wanted from them.
- Amid the usual blah-blah of political rhetoric, I found this assertion really offensive.
- Here's some blah-blah from the table of contents about it: ‘As robots become more anthropomorphic, they are engaging with us in disconcertingly emotional ways.’
Synonyms nonsense, twaddle, claptrap, balderdash, gibberish, rubbish, mumbo jumbo 2the blahsNorth American Depression. 〈北美〉沮丧,抑郁 he battled a case of the blahs 抑郁症的一个实例。 Example sentencesExamples - Mercury, the entertainment planet, is opposite your sign, giving you a case of the blahs.
- The following are some suggestions to stay healthy and overcome the blahs.
- Why not melt those winter blahs away for good with a couple of hot shows?
- There's nothing like having writer's block, a cold and a bad case of the blahs on the same day.
- I am in the throes of the January blahs, that seasonal depression that is brought on every year at this time by intense cold and lack of sunlight.
- Eventually, the holiday blahs afflict most of us.
- Well, it's time to shake the winter blahs right here, right now.
- A series of chuckles erupted against her wishes, threatening the blahs.
- This is a simple on-line game for the Monday morning blahs.
- Beat the winter blahs and get the family motivated with an indoor obstacle course.
- Here in the midst of the winter blahs, one's mind veers toward nostalgia.
- The doctor's been working on a drug to cure people with a manic case of the blahs.
- Having fun is the best way to banish the blahs and reap physical benefits.
- You may be one of millions of people who suffer from the February blahs or winter blues, medically known as Seasonal Affective Disorder.
- So earlier this week I had the blahs and couldn't figure out why.
- Fall melancholy turns into the winter blahs shortly after Thanksgiving for this Chicago girl.
- Also, do fun reading that temporarily distracts you from the blahs.
- That this list appears in a free publication that's widely available, however, qualifies it as a cheap escape from the blahs for the duration of the time it takes to read it.
- I know what you mean about the blahs - nothing like powder skiing to drive them away.
- Even if it's a brisk walk to the store and back, do something to shake the late afternoon blahs.
Synonyms depression, melancholy, gloom, gloominess, glumness, downheartedness, dejection, despondency, dispiritedness, heavy-heartedness, heartache, unhappiness, sadness, misery, woe, dismalness, despair, pessimism, hopelessness
adjectivebläblɑ North American informal Dull or unexciting. the game has been very blah Example sentencesExamples - The escapade and following chase sequence are pretty exciting, leading up to a somewhat blah ending.
- What it's done is ditch a blah celebrity in favor of a wow celebrity.
- She always wore a peasant skirt, ranging from a blah crème color to a blah brown color.
- Nothing happens for an hour and a half, it just meanders on and on, the storyline diverges into two equally blah-blah plotlines.
- What kind of blah, boring, plain, girl wears shoes without heels?
- I decided to put my hair in a bun, not a stuffy, boring, blah one; but a classy, yet fun and flirty one.
- The latest episodes of the show have just been blah.
- Each and every one of us was so unique… and we had such a blah last name.
- I once got repeatedly flamed and sent virus-laden emails because I said I thought the concept of the Rock Hall of Fame was kind of blah.
- For a lead story, it's a mostly blah article with nothing new to say.
- Its heart is in the right place, and the cast is outstanding, but pacing issues and a blah story sour what could have been a sweet fruit.
- The same problems plague these as well: uninteresting camera shots and blah execution by the actors.
- Today has been a pretty blah sort of day, nothing special.
- I am not sure if I would rather have an extreme year like that, or a blah year like 2004.
- That new novel that I was looking forward to was pretty blah.
- I'm not usually this irritable, but tonight's just been such a blah night.
- Every now and then, a project will come along that seizes my imagination and engages my brain but most of the time it's predictable and blah.
- It was underpowered, the brakes were very mushy, and the styling and interior were very blah.
- If her priority is to be with you - or at least to not be languishing in a blah marriage - then she should think of ways around these roadblocks.
- It's perfectly acceptable but otherwise about as blah and nutritious as eating sawdust.
exclamationbläblɑ informal Used to substitute for actual words in contexts where they are felt to be too tedious or lengthy to give in full. the typical kid, going out every night, blah, blah, blah Example sentencesExamples - It is a good, basic introduction to accessibility, it links to good tutorials and has a small steps section, e.g. if you don't feel ready to add a new template to your blog you can start small by blah, blah.
- Tell her you love her all over again, blah, blah, blah.
- If I'm walking home, minding my own business, they roll up on me and, you know, harass me, blah, blah, blah.
- Plus I've got to go for a blood test at my GP, and get this security card or something that gets me into special medical things, and blah.
- They come up with terms like ‘progressive,’ and ‘open-minded,’ and ‘moderate,’ and blah, blah, blah.
- It is not the happy fairy who is here but the one who says what are you doing with your life, what is it about you that you can't get a job, blah etc.
- ‘Oh, I must uphold the school's so-called perfect image, blah, blah, blah,’ I laughed.
- For months, the talk has been about trimming an ornamental detail here or there, eliminating this room, lowering that ceiling, blah, blah, blah.
- He suggested that the information society will empower the poor, combat world hunger, ensure environmental sustainability, and blah, and blah, and blah.
- Well, they got five or six irate letters saying that the university was promoting a liberal stance, and that the university should never engage in politics, blah, blah, blah.
- The department is saying something completely different, that the programs were available for everybody, why didn't they apply, blah, blah, blah, and the list goes on.
- Some time ago life was a real hassle to me, I hated my job, I hated my life, blah-blah you know?
- I've often heard the changing seasons used as a metaphor for the different times in a person's life. You know the thing; spring for youth, summer for young adult, blah, blah, blah.
- I know, I'm a cruel bastard, blah, blah, blah…
- There was a point where they said they thought the threat had possibly been overstated, and then they started to question their sources, and blah, blah, blah.
- I mumbled something about not living in Norway for many years, that I didn't know about the rule of car seats for big children, blah, blah, blah.
- The biggest fib, for want of a better word, was that two of the boys in the band had devised the name by blah, blah, blah.
- I let him babble on about how he looked forward to ‘helping out the team, working with the coach, blah, blah, blah.’
- You might not think it's worthwhile now, but you're going to be a hero, blah, blah, blah.
- You know how they try to play up how ‘humane’ they are, using the ‘best science,’ blah, blah, blah…
OriginEarly 20th century (originally US): imitative. |