All bloviate synonyms
bloΒ·viΒ·ate
B b verb bloviate
- recite β to repeat the words of, as from memory, especially in a formal manner: to recite a lesson.
- shout β to call or cry out loudly and vigorously.
- freak out β any abnormal phenomenon or product or unusual object; anomaly; aberration.
- babble β If someone babbles, they talk in a confused or excited way.
- orate β Make a speech, especially pompously or at length.
- decry β If someone decries an idea or action, they criticize it strongly.
- spout β to emit or discharge forcibly (a liquid, granulated substance, etc.) in a stream or jet.
- rail β any of numerous birds of the family Rallidae, that have short wings, a narrow body, long toes, and a harsh cry and inhabit grasslands, forests, and marshes in most parts of the world.
- denounce β If you denounce a person or an action, you criticize them severely and publicly because you feel strongly that they are wrong or evil.
- declare β If you declare that something is true, you say that it is true in a firm, deliberate way. You can also declare an attitude or intention.
- spiel β a usually high-flown talk or speech, especially for the purpose of luring people to a movie, a sale, etc.; pitch.
- rant β to speak or declaim extravagantly or violently; talk in a wild or vehement way; rave: The demagogue ranted for hours.
- attack β To attack a person or place means to try to hurt or damage them using physical violence.
- mouth β Anatomy, Zoology. the opening through which an animal or human takes in food. the cavity containing the structures used in mastication. the structures enclosing or being within this cavity, considered as a whole.
- inveigh β to protest strongly or attack vehemently with words; rail (usually followed by against): to inveigh against isolationism.
- perorate β to speak at length; make a long, usually grandiloquent speech.
- lecture β a speech read or delivered before an audience or class, especially for instruction or to set forth some subject: a lecture on Picasso's paintings.
- proclaim β to announce or declare in an official or formal manner: to proclaim war.
- harangue β a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe.
- speak β to utter words or articulate sounds with the ordinary voice; talk: He was too ill to speak.
- bellow β If someone bellows, they shout angrily in a loud, deep voice.
- stump β 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.
- fume β of food, cured or flavored by exposure to smoke; smoked.
- declaim β If you declaim, you speak dramatically, as if you were acting in a theatre.
- scold β to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- storm β Theodore Woldsen [tey-aw-dawr vawlt-suh n] /ΛteΙͺ ΙΛdΙr ΛvΙlt sΙn/ (Show IPA), 1817β88, German poet and novelist.
- clamor β If people are clamoring for something, they are demanding it in a noisy or angry way.
- sizzle β to make a hissing sound, as in frying or burning.
- objurgate β to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- rage β angry fury; violent anger (sometimes used in combination): a speech full of rage; incidents of road rage.
- roar β a loud, deep cry or howl, as of an animal or a person: the roar of a lion.
- cry β When you cry, tears come from your eyes, usually because you are unhappy or hurt.
- vociferate β say loudly
- bluster β If you say that someone is blustering, you mean that they are speaking aggressively but without authority, often because they are angry or offended.
- prate β to talk excessively and pointlessly; babble: They prated on until I was ready to scream.
- thunder β a loud, explosive, resounding noise produced by the explosive expansion of air heated by a lightning discharge.
- splutter β to talk rapidly and somewhat incoherently, as when confused, excited, or embarrassed: When pushed for an explanation, he always spluttered.
- gabble β to speak or converse rapidly and unintelligibly; jabber.
- prattle β to talk in a foolish or simple-minded way; chatter; babble.
- jabber β rapid, indistinct, or nonsensical talk; gibberish.
- wander β to ramble without a definite purpose or objective; roam, rove, or stray: to wander over the earth.
- hold forth β 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.
- soapbox β Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.
- talk big β to communicate or exchange ideas, information, etc., by speaking: to talk about poetry.
- carry on β If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- take on β to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
- sound off β the sensation produced by stimulation of the organs of hearing by vibrations transmitted through the air or other medium.
- blow one's top β to lose one's temper
- come unglued β If something comes unglued, it becomes separated from the thing that it was attached to.
- go ape β any of a group of anthropoid primates characterized by long arms, a broad chest, and the absence of a tail, comprising the family Pongidae (great ape) which includes the chimpanzee, gorilla, and orangutan, and the family Hylobatidae (lesser ape) which includes the gibbon and siamang.