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adjective

as in muttered

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verb

past tense of shout
as in yelled
to speak so as to be heard at a distance well-wishers shouted to departing passengers from the dock

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Recent Examples of shouted
Adjective
This blend of styles is not only about presenting contrasts—clean versus shouted vocals, melodic versus dissonant riffs, headbanging versus moshing—but also preserving the murky in-between that only elevates the extreme. — Sam Sodomsky, Pitchfork, 7 Jan. 2026
Verb
One shopper shouted out the spacious front pockets, and another loved their sporty vibe. — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026 Safal Prakash Shrestha/NurPhoto/Getty Protesters shouted slogans denouncing the police and government over alleged delays in taking action to find the missing girl, and then to find the perpetrators. — Arshad R. Zargar, CBS News, 25 Aug. 2026 Before tipoff, Freedom was shouted at and flipped off by fans, and security had to guide him through a hostile crowd outside Wintrust Arena. — Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Jarren Duran shouted at Willson Contreras at the end of an inning for no good reason. — Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026 During his emotional remarks, Johnson also shouted out his younger daughters, Jasmine and Tiana, who were watching at home. — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026 Marisa Ansaldo had collapsed and someone had shouted out to call an ambulance. — Literary Hub, 7 Aug. 2026 As for other mentors in the music industry, Thomas, who won his first three Grammys earlier in 2026, also shouted out Ty Dolla $ign. — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 7 Aug. 2026 One student groaned at the pitch; another shouted out the name OnlyMarms. — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 6 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shouted
  1. muttered
  2. yelled
  3. whispered
  4. cried
  5. murmured
  6. hollered
  7. mouthed
  8. breathed
Adjective
  • Often made by anonymous rappers and producers with a monkish dedication to their craft, this isn’t rap for the live show but for the headphones, music where every muttered word and barely-there snare matters.
    — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 26 June 2026
Definition of muttered
Verb
  • When the boy and his grandmother got into difficulty in the water, his siblings, ages 4 and 6, yelled to attract the attention of bystanders.
    — Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Defiant, Mladic acted bullishly during his trial and yelled at the judges when sentenced to life in prison.
    — Jovana Gec, Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of yelled
Adjective
  • For many leaders, the phrase conjures up whispered alliances, opportunistic loyalty, self-interested maneuvering and the slow poisoning of organizational culture.
    — Harrison Monarth, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
Definition of whispered
Verb
  • Following the official announcement, Popovich and Dion cried tears of joy during an interview with Nashville’s Fox 17 News.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Aug. 2026
  • The actress says some of her family members cried while watching her performance.
    — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026
Definition of cried
Adjective
  • No photograph could catch the smell drifting from the nearby military barracks and Indian camps; capture the murmured swirl of French, English, Arapaho, and Lakota; or let a viewer feel the colliding anxieties and expectations that hung heavy over negotiations like this.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
Definition of murmured
Verb
  • As players and coaches hooted and hollered for Richman’s win, Mills socked a cheering Richman with a right hook to his facemask.
    — PJ Green, Kansas City Star, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Nearby, other passengers screamed and hollered for their lives.
    — Reeti Malhotra, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026
Definition of hollered
Adjective
  • Bigger, Longer & Uncut, in which the flatulent Canadian comedians Terrance and Phillip outrage the parents of South Park with their foul-mouthed hit comedy Asses of Fire.
    — Damon Wise, Deadline, 13 Aug. 2026
  • Banderas, 65, portrays the Portuguese chef whom Bourdain works for at the Dreadnaught, while Woodall, 29, Stavros Halkias and Michael Jibrin portray the potty-mouthed, hard-partying cooks Bourdain works with.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026
Definition of mouthed
Adjective
  • His wraparound, tight-quarters assist on a Keshad Johnson dunk in the second half breathed fire into the lungs of the home crowd.
    — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021
Definition of breathed

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