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[mouthd, moutht] 
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articulate
[adj., n. ahr-tik-yuh-lit; v. ahr-tik-yuh-leyt]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | say clearly, coherently |
| Synonyms: | enunciate, express, mouth, pronounce, say, sound off, speak, state, talk, utter, verbalize, vocalize, voice |
| Notes: | loquacious means very talkative or full of trivial conversation; articulate means expressing yourself easily or characterized by clear expressive language |
| Antonyms: | bumble, misrepresent, misspeak |
| Main Entry: | blow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make sound, usually with instrument |
| Synonyms: | blare, blast, honk, mouth, pipe, play, sound, toot, trumpet, vibrate |
| Main Entry: | brag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk boastingly |
| Synonyms: | blow one's own horn, bluster*, boast, crow*, exult, gasconade, gloat, grandstand, hotdog, jive, mouth*, pat oneself on the back, prate, puff, rodomontade, showboat, shuck, swagger, vaunt |
| Antonyms: | be modest, be quiet, deprecate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag, exult |
| Synonyms: | babble, blow, bluster, boast, cackle, caw, cock-a-doodle-doo, cry, flourish, gas, gloat, glory in, gurgle, jubilate, mouth, prate, puff, rodomontade, squawk, strut, swagger, triumph, vaunt, whoop |
| Main Entry: | declaim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | proclaim; get on a soapbox |
| Synonyms: | attack, bloviate, blow hot air, declare, decry, denounce, harangue, hold forth, inveigh, lecture, mouth, orate, perorate, pile it on, proclaim, rail, rant, recite, soapbox, speak, spiel*, spout, talk big |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disclose |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal, make public |
| Synonyms: | acknowledge, admit, avow, bare, betray, blab, bring to light, broadcast, come out of the closet, communicate, confess, discover, display, divulge, exhibit, expose, give away, impart, lay bare, leak, let slip, make known, mouth*, open, own, publish, relate, reveal, show, snitch, spill, spill the beans, squeal, tell, uncover, unfurl, unveil, utter |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secrete, withhold |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | divulge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make known; confess |
| Synonyms: | admit, betray, blab, blow the whistle, broadcast, communicate, cough up, declare, disclose, discover, exhibit, expose, fess up, give away, go public, gossip, impart, leak, let hair down, let slip, mouth, open up, own up, proclaim, promulgate, publish, reveal, spill, spill the beans, spring, tattle, tell, tip off, uncover |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, keep, secrete |
| Main Entry: | give away |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reveal |
| Synonyms: | betray, blab, disclose, discover, divulge, expose, inform, leak, let out, let slip, mouth*, spill, tell, uncover |
| Antonyms: | conceal, hide, secret |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | grimace |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a pained expression |
| Synonyms: | contort, deform, distort, frown, make a face, make a wry face, misshape, mouth, mug, scowl, screw up one's face, smirk, sneer |
| Antonyms: | grin, smile |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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