English > utter: 6 senses > verb 1, communication| Meaning | articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something |
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| Example | "He uttered a curse" |
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| Synonyms | express, verbalize, verbalise, give tongue to |
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| Narrower | breathe | Utter or tell |
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| clamor, clamour | Utter or proclaim insistently and noisily |
| curse, cuss, blaspheme, swear, imprecate | Utter obscenities or profanities |
| drop | Utter with seeming casualness |
| exclaim, cry, cry out, outcry, call out, shout | Utter aloud |
| get off | deliver verbally |
| hurl, throw | Utter with force |
| marvel | Express astonishment or surprise about something |
| platitudinize | Utter platitudes |
| pooh-pooh | Express contempt / contempt about |
| pour out | Express without restraint |
| raise | Cause to be heard or known |
| represent | Serve as a means of expressing something |
| say | Utter aloud |
| state, say, tell | Express in words / words |
| vociferate, shout out | Utter in a very loud voice |
| voice | give voice to |
| wish | make or express a wish / wish |
| Spanish | articular, comunicar, expresar, manifestar, proferir, verbalizar |
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| Catalan | dir verbalment, expressar, manifestar, proferir, verbalitzar |
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| Adjectives | utterable | capable of being uttered in words / words or sentences |
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| Nouns | utterance | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication |
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| utterer | an organism that can utter vocal sounds |
English > utter: 6 senses > verb 2, communication| Meaning | Express audibly; utter sounds / sounds (not necessarily words / words). |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something |
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| Example | "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" |
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| Synonyms | emit, let out, let loose |
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| Narrower | bark | make barking sounds |
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| bellow, roar | make a loud noise, as of animal |
| bite out | Utter |
| bleat, blate, blat, baa | cry plaintively |
| break into | Express or utter spontaneously |
| cackle | squawk shrilly and loudly, characteristic of hens |
| call | Utter in a loud voice or announce |
| call | Utter a characteristic note or cry |
| caw | Utter a cry, characteristic of crows, rooks, or ravens |
| chirr | make a vibrant noise, of grasshoppers or cicadas |
| chorus | Utter in unison |
| churr, whirr | make a vibrant sound, as of some birds |
| cluck, click, clack | make a clucking sounds, characteristic of hens |
| coo | cry softly, as of pigeons |
| croak, cronk | Utter a hoarse sound, like a raven |
| crow | Express pleasure verbally |
| crow | Utter shrill sounds |
| cry | Utter a characteristic sound |
| deliver | Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.) |
| gargle | Utter with gargling or burbling sounds |
| gibber | chatter inarticulately |
| give | emit or utter |
| gobble | make a gurgling sound, characteristic of turkeys |
| groan, moan | Indicate pain, discomfort, or displeasure |
| grumble, growl, rumble | To utter or emit low dull rumbling sounds |
| grunt | issue a grunting, low, animal-like noise |
| gurgle | Utter with a gurgling sound |
| haw | Utter 'haw' |
| heave | Utter a sound, as with obvious effort |
| hee-haw, bray | braying characteristic of donkeys |
| hem | Utter 'hem' or 'ahem' |
| hiss, siss, sizz, sibilate | make a sharp hissing sound, as if to show disapproval |
| honk, cronk | cry like a goose |
| hoot | To utter a loud clamorous shout |
| hoot | Utter the characteristic sound of owls |
| howl, wrawl, yammer, yowl | cry loudly, as of animals |
| lift | make audible |
| meow, mew | cry like a cat |
| mew | Utter a high-pitched cry, as of seagulls |
| miaou, miaow | make a cat-like sound |
| moo, low | make a low noise, characteristic of bovines |
| nasale | speak in a nasal voice |
| neigh, nicker, whicker, whinny | Make a characteristic sound, of a horse |
| pant | Utter while panting, as if out of breath |
| peep, cheep, chirp, chirrup | make high-pitched sounds |
| quack | Utter quacking noises |
| repeat, echo | To say / say again or imitate |
| shoot | Utter fast and forcefully |
| shout, shout out, cry, call, yell, scream, holler, hollo, squall | Utter a sudden loud cry |
| sibilate | Utter a sibilant |
| sigh | Utter with a sigh |
| sing | To make melodious sounds |
| smack | Press (the lips) together and open (the lips) noisily, as in eating |
| snort | Indicate contempt / contempt by breathing noisily and forcefully through the nose |
| spit, spit out | Utter with anger or contempt / contempt |
| sputter, splutter | Utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage / rage |
| squeal, oink | Utter a high-pitched cry, characteristic of pigs |
| troat | emit a cry intended to attract other animals |
| trumpet | Utter in trumpet-like sounds |
| tsk, tut, tut-tut | Utter 'tsk,' 'tut,' or 'tut-tut,' as in disapproval |
| volley | Utter rapidly |
| wolf-whistle | whistle or howl approvingly at a female, of males |
| Spanish | emitir sonidos, emitir |
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| Catalan | emetre sons |
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| Adjectives | utterable | capable of being uttered in words / words or sentences |
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| Nouns | utterance | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication |
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| utterer | an organism that can utter vocal sounds |
English > utter: 6 senses > verb 3, communication| Meaning | Express in speech. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP |
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| Synonyms | talk, speak, mouth, verbalize, verbalise |
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| Entailed by | declaim, recite | recite in elocution |
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| pronounce, articulate, enounce, sound out, enunciate, say | speak, pronounce, or utter in a certain way |
| Narrower | babble | Utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way |
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| bark | speak in an unfriendly tone |
| bay | Utter in deep prolonged tones |
| begin | Begin to speak or say |
| blubber, blubber out | Utter while crying |
| blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculate | Utter impulsively |
| bumble, stutter, stammer, falter | speak haltingly |
| cackle | talk / talk or utter in a cackling manner |
| chatter, piffle, palaver, prate, tittle-tattle, twaddle, clack, maunder, prattle, blab, gibber, tattle, blabber, gabble | speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly |
| chatter | make noise as if chattering away |
| deliver, present | deliver (a speech, oration, or idea) |
| drone, drone on | talk in a monotonous voice |
| enthuse | Utter with enthusiasm |
| generalize, generalise | speak or write in generalities / generalities |
| gulp | Utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly |
| hiss, sizz, siss, sibilate | Express or utter with a hiss |
| lip off, shoot one's mouth off | speak spontaneously and without restraint |
| mumble, mutter, maunder, mussitate | talk indistinctly |
| murmur | speak softly or indistinctly |
| open up | talk / talk freely and without inhibition |
| peep | speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice |
| rant, mouth off, jabber, spout, rabbit on, rave | talk / talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| rasp | Utter in a grating voice |
| read | look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed |
| shout | utter in a loud voice |
| sing | produce tones with the voice |
| slur | Utter indistinctly |
| snap, snarl | Utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone |
| snivel, whine | talk / talk in a tearful manner |
| speak in tongues | speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy |
| speak up | speak louder |
| swallow | Utter indistinctly |
| talk of, talk about | discuss or mention |
| tone, chant, intone | Utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically |
| tone, inflect, modulate | Vary the pitch of one's speech |
| troll | speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice |
| verbalize, verbalise | Be verbose |
| vocalize, vocalise, phonate | Utter speech sounds |
| whiff | Utter with a puff of air |
| whisper | speak softly |
| yack, jaw, yack away, rattle on, yap away | talk incessantly and tiresomely |
| Broader | communicate, intercommunicate | transmit thoughts or feelings |
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| Similar to | verbalize, verbalise | Be verbose |
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| Spanish | conversar, decir, dialogar, hablar, proferir, pronunciar, verbalizar |
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| Catalan | dialogar, dir, parlar, proferir, verbalitzar |
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| Adjectives | utterable | capable of being uttered in words / words or sentences |
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| Nouns | utterance | the use of uttered sounds for auditory communication |
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| utterer | someone who expresses in language |
