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How to pronounce utter in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, stark, thorough, thoroughgoing, unadulterated


utter nonsense.
Type Words
Synonyms express, give tongue to, verbalise, verbalize
Has types pooh-pooh, swear, state, shout out, shout, say, outcry, platitudinize, marvel, clamor, clamour, throw, breathe, imprecate, represent, raise, tell, blaspheme, voice, vociferate, call out, cry, wish, cry out, curse, cuss, hurl, pour out, get off, exclaim, drop
Derivation utterance, utterer, utterable


He uttered a curse.
Type Words
Synonyms blank


utter seriousness.
Type Words
Synonyms mouth, speak, talk, verbalise, verbalize
Type of communicate, intercommunicate
Has types chatter, chant, prate, prattle, present, tittle-tattle, rabbit on, cackle, rant, rasp, rattle on, rave, read, tone, bumble, yack away, blurt out, blurt, troll, shoot one's mouth off, shout, whisper, blunder out, bark, drone on, blunder, ejaculate, enthuse, drone, falter, gabble, yap away, generalise, generalize, gibber, sibilate, twaddle, phonate, tattle, open up, palaver, blabber, blab, peep, piffle, sing, verbalise, siss, gulp, sizz, verbalize, slur, vocalise, snap, snarl, hiss, snivel, vocalize, speak in tongues, speak up, begin, bay, deliver, inflect, intone, jabber, jaw, babble, lip off, spout, clack, maunder, yack, whiff, whine, stammer, blubber out, stutter, modulate, swallow, mouth off, mumble, murmur, mussitate, mutter, blubber, talk about, talk of
Verb group verbalize, verbalise
Derivation utterer, utterable, utterance
Type Words
Synonyms emit, let loose, let out
Has types hem, bark, bellow, bite out, blat, blate, bleat, bray, break into, cackle, call, caw, cheep, chirp, chirr, chirrup, chorus, churr, clack, click, cluck, coo, croak, cronk, crow, cry, deliver, echo, gargle, gibber, give, gobble, groan, growl, grumble, grunt, gurgle, haw, heave, hee-haw, baa, hiss, holler, hollo, honk, hoot, howl, lift, low, meow, mew, miaou, miaow, moan, moo, nasale, neigh, nicker, oink, pant, peep, quack, repeat, roar, rumble, scream, shoot, shout, shout out, sibilate, sigh, sing, siss, sizz, smack, snort, spit, spit out, splutter, sputter, squall, squeal, troat, trumpet, tsk, tut, tut-tut, volley, whicker, whinny, whirr, wolf-whistle, wrawl, yammer, yell, yowl
Derivation utterable, utterance, utterer


He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand.
Type Words
Type of pass around, circulate, pass on, distribute
Derivation utterer


utter counterfeit currency.

Examples of utter

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The rebels'mood shifts erratically from confidence to jubilation to utter panic.
From the time.com
This week there was a complete and utter British invasion of the American shore.
From the cnn.com
As someone involve din major projects for years I can say that is utter rubbish.
From the guardian.co.uk
It is great news, but it also shows the utter self-defeating nature of alarmism.
From the independent.co.uk
I certainly hope its true, because this schedule strikes me as an utter failure.
From the tunedin.blogs.time.com
This black pudding Scotch egg, with a slightly runny yolk, was utter perfection.
From the independent.co.uk
What gives him the right to launch into such a vitriolic tirade of utter drivel?
From the independent.co.uk
During all the years Uncle Walter was on the air, I never heard him utter a lie.
From the post-gazette.com
What separated Bell, other than an utter lack of experience, was size and heart.
From the buffalonews.com
More examples
  • Arrant(a): without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "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"; " ...
  • Express: articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse"
  • Dead(a): complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness"
  • Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand"
  • Talk: express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize"
  • Put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency"
  • (uttered) expressed: communicated in words; "frequently uttered sentiments"
  • (utterly) absolutely: completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers; "an absolutely magnificent painting"; "a perfectly idiotic idea"; "you're perfectly right"; "utterly miserable"; "you can be dead sure of my innocence"; "was dead tired"; "dead right"
  • (utterness) starkness: the quality of being complete or utter or extreme; "the starkness of his contrast between justice and fairness was open to many objections"