blurt
Say without thinking
Blurt means to say something suddenly and impulsively, usually without thinking first.
The word almost always appears with out: She blurted out the secret before she could stop herself.
What gets blurted is typically something that should have been kept private or at least delivered more carefully—a confession, an insult, an awkward truth.
The spontaneity implied by blurt suggests the speaker immediately regrets the utterance or at least didn't intend to make it.
Reveal hidden information
- divulgeReveal private information
- confessAcknowledge wrongdoing openly
- admitConfess or grant entry
- spillAccidental liquid release
leak · betray · expose · confide · let slip · give away · unveil · uncover
Loud vocal outburst
- yellSpeak very loudly
- cryVocal expression of emotion
- callContact by phone
- ejaculateDischarge or exclaim suddenly
interject · burst out · speak up · pipe up · voice · utter · proclaim · announce
Arising without external cause
- unpremeditatedWithout advance planning
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
- unthinkingLacking conscious thought
impetuous · rash · abrupt · hasty · unplanned · unintentional · reflex · knee-jerk
disclose
Reveal hidden information
spill · leak · betray · expose · confide · let slip · give away · unveil · uncover · acknowledge
shout
Loud vocal outburst
ejaculate · interject · burst out · speak up · pipe up · voice · utter · proclaim · announce · declare
spontaneous
Arising without external cause
- unpremeditatedWithout advance planning
- involuntaryNot under conscious control
- instinctiveArising without conscious thought
unthinking · impetuous · rash · abrupt · hasty · unplanned · unintentional · reflex · knee-jerk · sudden
slip
Minor error or misstep
misstep · blooper · flub · goof · mishap · bungle · botch · stumble · embarrassment · regret
- communication verbssay, speak, tell, talk, ask
- revealreveal, disclose, expose, unmask, unveil
- vocalizationsspeak, speaking, talking, whisper, shout
- spontaneous actsimpulse buy, impulse purchase, whim, sudden urge, snap judgment
- rapid speechbabble, chatter, jabber, spout, patter
- communication failsmisunderstanding, autocorrect fail, typo, wrong number, reply all
blurtdeliberate
Consciously chosen, not accidental
weigh one's words · consider · enunciate · hedge · equivocate
blurtwithhold
Refuse to give
suppress · keep to oneself · hold back · bite one's tongue · hold one's tongue
- blurt outUtter suddenly, impulsively
- blurted outUttered impulsively
- blurting outImpulsive verbal release