All apostrophize synonyms
a·pos·tro·phize
A a verb apostrophize
- accost — If someone accosts another person, especially a stranger, they stop them or go up to them and speak to them in a way that seems rude or threatening.
- buttonhole — A buttonhole is a hole that you push a button through in order to fasten a shirt, coat, or other piece of clothing.
- declaim — If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
- orate — Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.
- stump — the lower end of a tree or plant left after the main part falls or is cut off; a standing tree trunk from which the upper part and branches have been removed.
- spout — to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- spiel — a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- rant — to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- perorate — to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- address — Your address is the number of the house, flat, or apartment and the name of the street and the town where you live or work.
- rave — to talk wildly, as in delirium.
- soapbox — Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
- chew out — If you chew someone out, you tell them off in a very angry way.
- hold forth — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- talk to — speak to, address