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rambling

/ˈræmblɪŋ/adjective

उच्चारण रैम्ब्लिंग

बेतरतीब, असंबद्ध, लंबा और भटकाऊ

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adjective
  1. 1

    (of a speech or piece of writing) very long and confused

    बेतरतीब, असंबद्ध, लंबा और भटकाऊ

    • a long rambling letter
    • The rambling speech lost the audience.
    • He gave a rambling answer that never reached the point.
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    • Her rambling email was so long that nobody finished reading it.
    • The speaker's rambling talk wandered from cricket to politics and back.

    Synonyms long-winded verbose wordy incoherent disjointed

    Opposite concise succinct crisp coherent

  2. 2

    (of a building) spreading in various directions with no particular pattern

    (इमारत) बेतरतीब फैली हुई

    • a rambling old house with many rooms
    • We lost our way inside the rambling old haveli in Jaisalmer.
    • Their rambling bungalow had rooms that nobody could count.
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    • The rambling hostel has long corridors and many hidden stairs.
    • A rambling farmhouse stood at the end of the lane.

    Synonyms sprawling spreading straggling

  3. 3

    (of a plant) growing or climbing in all directions

    (पौधा) फैलता हुआ, बेल की तरह

    • rambling roses
    • A rambling rose covered the entire front gate of the cottage.
    • Rambling jasmine climbed over the wall of the garden.
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    • The rambling vines had taken over the old fence.
    • A rambling creeper covered the front of the old school.

    Synonyms trailing creeping climbing

noun
  1. 1

    [C, usually pl.]

    a long, confused speech or piece of writing

    बेसिर-पैर की बातें

    • the ramblings of a tired old man
    • The old professor's ramblings about his youth bored most of the class.
    • Her ramblings about the past made little sense to the visitors.
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    • I could not follow the ramblings in his long diary.
    • The book is a collection of the author's ramblings on travel.

    Synonyms chatter babble waffle digressions

◇Word family
ramble verb, nounrambler noun
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling

ram·bling

The e of ramble dropped before -ing (not 'rambleing').

-ing से पहले ramble का e हटकर ('rambleing' गलत है)।

?Which word?

Keep the wordy words together: rambling, verbose, long-winded, prolix (formal), circumlocutory (using too many words to avoid the point).

अधिक शब्दों वाले शब्द साथ याद रखिए: rambling, verbose, long-winded, prolix (औपचारिक), circumlocutory (बात टालने के लिए बहुत शब्द)।

§Grammar and usage

The verb ramble means to walk for pleasure in the countryside, or to talk in a confused way.

Verb ramble का अर्थ 'ग्रामीण क्षेत्र में आनंद के लिए घूमना', या 'उलझे ढंग से बोलना' है।