Dictionary entry details
• VERBALISE (verb)
Meaning:
Be verbose
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
verbalise; verbalize
Context example:
This lawyer verbalizes and is rather tedious
Hypernyms (to "verbalise" is one way to...):
mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Meaning:
Express in speech
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
speak; mouth; talk; verbalise; verbalize; utter
Context examples:
She talks a lot of nonsense / This depressed patient does not verbalize
Hypernyms (to "verbalise" is one way to...):
communicate; intercommunicate (transmit thoughts or feelings)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "verbalise"):
murmur (speak softly or indistinctly)
snivel; whine (talk in a tearful manner)
open up (talk freely and without inhibition)
jaw; rattle on; yack; yack away; yap away (talk incessantly and tiresomely)
chatter (make noise as if chattering away)
blab; blabber; chatter; clack; gabble; gibber; maunder; palaver; piffle; prate; prattle; tattle; tittle-tattle; twaddle (speak (about unimportant matters) rapidly and incessantly)
generalise; generalize (speak or write in generalities)
deliver; present (deliver (a speech, oration, or idea))
maunder; mumble; mussitate; mutter (talk indistinctly; usually in a low voice)
slur (utter indistinctly)
bark (speak in an unfriendly tone)
sing (produce tones with the voice)
gulp (utter or make a noise, as when swallowing too quickly)
chant; intone; tone (utter monotonously and repetitively and rhythmically)
babble (utter meaningless sounds, like a baby, or utter in an incoherent way)
cackle (talk or utter in a cackling manner)
hiss; sibilate; siss; sizz (express or utter with a hiss)
jabber; mouth off; rabbit on; rant; rave; spout (talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner)
bay (utter in deep prolonged tones)
inflect; modulate; tone (vary the pitch of one's speech)
blunder; blunder out; blurt; blurt out; ejaculate (utter impulsively)
rasp (utter in a grating voice)
speak up (speak louder; raise one's voice)
peep (speak in a hesitant and high-pitched tone of voice)
whisper (speak softly; in a low voice)
shout (utter in a loud voice; talk in a loud voice (usually denoting characteristic manner of speaking))
lip off; shoot one's mouth off (speak spontaneously and without restraint)
begin (begin to speak or say)
troll (speak or recite rapidly or in a rolling voice)
phonate; vocalise; vocalize (utter speech sounds)
snap; snarl (utter in an angry, sharp, or abrupt tone)
enthuse (utter with enthusiasm)
bumble; falter; stammer; stutter (speak haltingly)
drone; drone on (talk in a monotonous voice)
blubber; blubber out (utter while crying)
talk about; talk of (discuss or mention)
whiff (utter with a puff of air)
verbalise; verbalize (be verbose)
swallow (utter indistinctly)
speak in tongues (speak unintelligibly in or as if in religious ecstasy)
read (look at, interpret, and say out loud something that is written or printed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
give tongue to; utter; express; verbalise; verbalize
Context examples:
She expressed her anger / He uttered a curse
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "verbalise"):
blaspheme; curse; cuss; imprecate; swear (utter obscenities or profanities)
hurl; throw (utter with force; utter vehemently)
pooh-pooh (express contempt about)
say; state; tell (express in words)
represent (serve as a means of expressing something)
say (utter aloud)
platitudinize (utter platitudes)
get off (deliver verbally)
pour out (express without restraint)
drop (utter casually)
breathe (utter or tell)
wish (make or express a wish)
call out; cry; cry out; exclaim; outcry; shout (utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy)
clamor; clamour (utter or proclaim insistently and noisily)
shout out; vociferate (utter in a very loud voice)
marvel (express astonishment or surprise about something)
voice (give voice to)
raise (cause to be heard or known; express or utter)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Convert into a verb
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
verbalise; verbalize
Context example:
many English nouns have become verbalized
Hypernyms (to "verbalise" is one way to...):
convert (change the nature, purpose, or function of something)
Domain category:
language; speech (the mental faculty or power of vocal communication)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
