verbalise
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verbalise
Past participle: verbalised
Gerund: verbalising
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| Verb | 1. | verbalise - be verbose; "This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious" |
| 2. | verbalise - express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" read - look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed; "The King will read the proclamation at noon" communicate, intercommunicate - transmit thoughts or feelings; "He communicated his anxieties to the psychiatrist" troll - speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice begin - begin to speak or say; "Now listen, friends," he began lip off, shoot one's mouth off - speak spontaneously and without restraint; "She always shoots her mouth off and says things she later regrets" shout - utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking); "My grandmother is hard of hearing--you'll have to shout" whisper - speak softly; in a low voice peep - speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice speak up - speak louder; raise one's voice; "The audience asked the lecturer to please speak up" snap, snarl - utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone; "The sales clerk snapped a reply at the angry customer"; "The guard snarled at us" enthuse - utter with enthusiasm speak in tongues - speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy; "The parishioners spoke in tongues" swallow - utter indistinctly; "She swallowed the last words of her speech" whiff - utter with a puff of air; "whiff out a prayer" talk of, talk about - discuss or mention; "They spoke of many things" blubber out, blubber - utter while crying stammer, stutter, bumble, falter - speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room" rasp - utter in a grating voice blunder out, blurt, blurt out, blunder - utter impulsively; "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas" deliver, present - deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" generalise, generalize - speak or write in generalities blabber, palaver, piffle, prate, prattle, tattle, tittle-tattle, twaddle, gabble, gibber, blab, clack, maunder, chatter - speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly chatter - make noise as if chattering away; "The magpies were chattering in the trees" open up - talk freely and without inhibition murmur - speak softly or indistinctly; "She murmured softly to the baby in her arms" slur - utter indistinctly bark - speak in an unfriendly tone; "She barked into the dictaphone" bay - utter in deep prolonged tones cackle - talk or utter in a cackling manner; "The women cackled when they saw the movie star step out of the limousine" babble - utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way; "The old man is only babbling--don't pay attention" intone, tone, chant - utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically; "The students chanted the same slogan over and over again" gulp - utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly; "He gulped for help after choking on a big piece of meat" sing - produce tones with the voice; "She was singing while she was cooking"; "My brother sings very well" | |
| 3. |  verbalise - articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"blaspheme, curse, cuss, swear, imprecate - utter obscenities or profanities; "The drunken men were cursing loudly in the street" wish - make or express a wish; "I wish that Christmas were over" cry out, exclaim, call out, outcry, shout, cry - utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy; "`I won!' he exclaimed"; "`Help!' she cried"; "`I'm here,' the mother shouted when she saw her child looking lost" clamour, clamor - utter or proclaim insistently and noisily; "The delegates clamored their disappointment" vociferate, shout out - utter in a very loud voice; "They vociferated their demands" marvel - express astonishment or surprise about something voice - give voice to; "He voiced his concern" raise - cause to be heard or known; express or utter; "raise a shout"; "raise a protest"; "raise a sad cry" breathe - utter or tell; "not breathe a word" drop - utter with seeming casualness; "drop a hint"; drop names" pour out - express without restraint; "The woman poured out her frustrations as the judge listened" get off - deliver verbally; "He got off the best line I've heard in a long time" platitudinize - utter platitudes; "The candidate platitudinized and bored the audience" say - utter aloud; "She said `Hello' to everyone in the office" represent - serve as a means of expressing something; "The flower represents a young girl" say, state, tell - express in words; "He said that he wanted to marry her"; "tell me what is bothering you"; "state your opinion"; "state your name" pooh-pooh - express contempt about | |
| 4. | verbalise - convert into a verb; "many English nouns have become verbalized" language, speech - the mental faculty or power of vocal communication; "language sets homo sapiens apart from all other animals" convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
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