verb
- Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise.
- usage: "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
- synonyms: express, verbalize, verbalise, give tongue to
- Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words. )
- usage: "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
- Express in speech.
- usage: "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
- Put into circulation.
- usage: "utter counterfeit currency"
adjective
- Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers.
- usage: "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth"
- synonyms: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, stark, staring, thoroughgoing, unadulterated
- Complete.
- usage: "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
- synonyms: dead
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