Synonyms

say articulate enunciate sound_out enounce

Examples

"She pronounces French words in a funny way" "I cannot say `zip wire'" "Can the child sound out this complicated word?"

Used in print

A man named Blaine_Smythe , with `` y '' and `` e '' but pronounced without them , had been fired at Payne 's insistence .

`` I called the station at three this morning '' , Killpath 's nasal voice pronounced .

Related terms

stress explode voice drawl raise syllabize aspirate sibilate subvocalize lilt twang round palatalize devoice click trill mispronounce flap explode roll vocalize lisp subvocalise nasalise retroflex articulator enunciation pronunciation pronunciation talk

Synonyms

label judge

Examples

"They labeled him unfit to work here"

Used in print

This continued most of the week following that ill-starred trip to church , during which period Mike stayed in his room and usually in a trance so deep that Jubal would have pronounced him dead had he not seen it before .

Related terms

declare rule convict qualify acquit disqualify nasalize intonate tout judgment pronouncement