All sound off synonyms
sound off
S s verb sound off
- mouthing β the action of speaking in a meaningless, bombastic, or hypocritical manner.
- level with β having no part higher than another; having a flat or even surface.
- kick up a fuss β (Idiomatic) To show annoyance, or to complain loudly about something, often when it is of little importance in reality.
- fink β a strikebreaker.
- clue in β anything that serves to guide or direct in the solution of a problem, mystery, etc.
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- jawbone β a bone of either jaw; a maxilla or mandible.
- blow smoke β (Idiomatic) To speak with a lack of credibility, sense, purpose, or truth; to speak nonsense.
- blurt out β If someone blurts something out, they blurt it.
- burn up β If something burns up or if fire burns it up, it is completely destroyed by fire or strong heat.
- coherently β logically connected; consistent: a coherent argument.
- groused β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- announce β If you announce something, you tell people about it publicly or officially.
- give a good account of oneself β If you say that someone gave a good account of themselves in a particular situation, you mean that they performed well, although they may not have been completely successful.
- articulate β If you describe someone as articulate, you mean that they are able to express their thoughts and ideas easily and well.
- discommend β to express disapproval of; belittle; disparage. The diners discommended the wine.
- animadvert β to comment with strong criticism (upon); make censorious remarks (about)
- fussed β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- inveigh β to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against): to inveigh against isolationism.
- bloviate β to talk at length, esp in an insubstantial but inflated manner
- call on the carpet β (chiefly US) To reprimand; to censure severely or angrily.
- give out β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- beefing β the flesh of a cow, steer, or bull raised and killed for its meat.
- lesson β a section into which a course of study is divided, especially a single, continuous session of formal instruction in a subject: The manual was broken down into 50 lessons.
- dump on β to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here.
- jiving β swing music or early jazz.
- have at β Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- complain β to make an accusation; bring a formal charge
- find fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- mouthed β having a mouth of a specified kind (often used in combination): a small-mouthed man.
- grousing β to grumble; complain: I've never met anyone who grouses so much about his work.
- confess β If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- lessoning β Present participle of lesson.
- cry out β If you cry out, you call out loudly because you are frightened, unhappy, or in pain.
- fussing β an excessive display of anxious attention or activity; needless or useless bustle: They made a fuss over the new baby.
- object β anything that is visible or tangible and is relatively stable in form.
- blow one's top β to lose one's temper
- flatter oneself β to hold the self-satisfying or self-deluding belief (that)
- go after β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- have one's say β When one of the people or groups involved in a discussion has their say, they give their opinion.
- monish β to admonish.
- constate β to affirm
- make a fuss β complain about sth
- boast β If someone boasts about something that they have done or that they own, they talk about it very proudly, in a way that other people may find irritating or offensive.
- look askance β glance sidelong or with suspicion
- cock-a-doodle-doo β an imitation or representation of a cock crowing
- back-talk β an impudent response; impudence.
- ostend β a seaport in NW Belgium.