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blarney

/ˈblɑɹni/

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Ireland/ˈblaːɹni/

blarney noun: mindless chatter.

Noun

blarney (uncountable)

  1. Mindless chatter.
    • He is full of blarney.
  2. Ability to talk constantly and fluently.
  3. Persuasive flattery or kind speech; smooth, wheedling talk.

Verb

blarney (third-person singular simple present blarneys, present participle blarneying, simple past and past participle blarneyed)

  1. To beguile with flattery.

Proper noun capitalized: Blarney

Blarney

  1. A town in County Cork, Ireland, location of Blarney Castle and the Blarney Stone (Irish grid ref W 6175).

blarney meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

blarney in Tamil

மிகைப் புகழ்ச்சி, போலிப் புகழ்ச்சி, திசைதிருப்பும் ஏமாற்று, புரட்டு, பசப்புரை, முகமனுரை

blarney in Urdu

چاپلوسی, چکنی چپڑی بات, للو پتو

blarney in Bengali

উদ্দেশ্যহীন বকবক, প্ররোচনামূলক চাটুকারিতা, নম্র কথা, মসৃণ, মিষ্টি কথা, চাটুকারিতা দিয়ে ভোলানো

blarney in Malayalam

honeyed words, blandish-ments, smooth talk
സ്തുതി, നയഭാഷണം, ചാടുവാക്യം, തേൻപുരണ്ട വാക്കുകൾ, തേനൂറും വാക്കുകൾ, മധുവാണി
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blarney in Kannada
ಹೊಗಳಿಕೆ

Forms of blarney

third-person singular presentblarneys
present participleblarneying
past participleblarneyed
pastblarneyed

Origin of blarney

Named after a legendary magical stone in Blarney Castle, Ireland that gives the gift of eloquence. See also Blarney Stone.

From Irish Blarna.

Words formed from blarney

Phrases with blarney

Words that rhyme with blarney

Questions about blarney

What does blarney mean?
Blarney means mindless chatter.
What is blarney in Tamil?
Blarney in Tamil is மிகைப் புகழ்ச்சி, போலிப் புகழ்ச்சி, திசைதிருப்பும் ஏமாற்று. See Blarney meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is blarney?
Blarney can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce blarney?
Blarney is pronounced /ˈblɑɹni/ (US).

Words near blarney in the dictionary

  1. blaring
  2. blaring out
  3. blarings
  4. Blaris
  5. blarmed
  6. blarney
  7. Blarney Stone
  8. blarneyed
  9. blarneyer
  10. blarneyers
  11. blarneying

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Adapted from Wiktionary: blarney (page history and authors); Blarney (page history and authors); blarney (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blarney (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blarney (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); blarney (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); blarney (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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