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
Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Great episodes exist within mediocre seasons — even bad seasons — just like great seasons pop up in blah shows.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
His last-minute acquisition Tuesday saved the Dodgers from another blah trade deadline.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
See all Example Sentences for blah 
Noun
For all their blah stretches from the past six weeks and all the questions around their pitching, the Orioles went into Thursday tied with the Yankees for the best record in the American League and a hair behind the Phillies for the best record in baseball.
—Childs Walker, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
Great episodes exist within mediocre seasons — even bad seasons — just like great seasons pop up in blah shows.
—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 28 June 2024
Adjective
No other product rivals its ability to perk up a blah complexion.
—Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2024
His last-minute acquisition Tuesday saved the Dodgers from another blah trade deadline.
—Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2024
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 21 Sep. 2024.
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