utter
articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,924 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,335 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise also: express, verbalize, verbalise, give tongue to She expressed her angerHe uttered a curse
- express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words) also: emit, let out, let loose She let out a big heavy sighHe uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand
- express in speech also: talk, speak, mouth, verbalize, verbalise She talks a lot of nonsenseThis depressed patient does not verbalize
- put into circulation utter counterfeit currency
adjective
- without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers also: arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross an arrant foola complete coward
- complete and absolute also: blank utter seriousnessblank stupidity
utter in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Too precipitate an advance might end in utter rout.
Pearl of Pearl Island · John Oxenham · Chapter 1
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The cold perspiration--the internal commotion--the brain's giddiness--the utter prostration of strength--the Oh!
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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Suppers, cards, amusements, absorbed his time, to the utter detriment of his business.
Other People's Money · Emile Gaboriau · Chapter 1
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Take it as an axiom, when you utter a sentimentalism, that more than one pair of ears makes a cynical critic.
Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete · George Meredith · Chapter 1
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The utter and penniless destitution in which she was left by her husband's decease did not suffice to terminate her maddening chase.
Lucretia — Volume 06 · Edward Bulwer Lytton, Baron Lytton · Chapter 1