1
or less commonly blah-blah
: silly or pretentious chatter or nonsense
2
blahs plural
[perhaps influenced in meaning by blasé]
: a feeling of boredom, lethargy, or general dissatisfaction
Synonyms
Noun
- applesauce [slang]
- balderdash
- baloney
- boloney
- beans
- bilge
- blarney
- blather
- blatherskite
- blither
- bosh
- bull [slang]
- bunk
- bunkum
- buncombe
- claptrap
- codswallop [British]
- crapola [slang]
- crock
- drivel
- drool
- fiddle
- fiddle-faddle
- fiddlesticks
- flannel [British]
- flapdoodle
- folderol
- falderal
- folly
- foolishness
- fudge
- garbage
- guff
- hogwash
- hokeypokey
- hokum
- hoodoo
- hooey
- horsefeathers [slang]
- humbug
- humbuggery
- jazz
- malarkey
- malarky
- moonshine
- muck
- nerts [slang]
- nonsense
- nuts
- piffle
- poppycock
- punk
- rot
- rubbish
- senselessness
- silliness
- slush
- stupidity
- taradiddle
- tarradiddle
- tommyrot
- tosh
- trash
- trumpery
- twaddle
Examples of blah in a Sentence
Noun
She had a bad case of the blahs.
gave me the usual blah that my manuscript did not meet their current publishing needs but thanks for considering them
Adjective
The hotel room was totally blah.
She sat on the couch all day watching television and feeling blah.
Recent Examples on the Web
Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
Countless lefties espoused the same blah, blah, blah from the 1930s into the ’50s and beyond.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
Sure, the challenges were a bit blah, but, still, a rousing and triumphant success.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023
See all Example Sentences for blah 
Noun
Great episodes exist within mediocre seasons — even bad seasons — just like great seasons pop up in blah shows.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
Countless lefties espoused the same blah, blah, blah from the 1930s into the ’50s and beyond.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 8 Feb. 2024
Adjective
In his long post-career, Mays provided a comfortable nostalgic link back to baseball’s exciting heyday — before blah analytics and emphasis on astronomical free agent salaries.
—George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2024
Sure, the challenges were a bit blah, but, still, a rousing and triumphant success.
—Dalton Ross, EW.com, 22 Dec. 2023
See all Example Sentences for blah
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“Blah.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blah. Accessed 24 Jul. 2024.
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