tweedled

Made bird sounds

Tweedled is the past tense of tweedle, a verb that means to produce a series of high-pitched, warbling sounds, typically associated with birdsong or musical instruments like a flute or fiddle.

The word appears most famously in the phrase Tweedledee and Tweedledum, characters who differ only trivially.

To tweedle can also mean to coax or wheedle someone gently: She tweedled him into helping with the decorations.

musical

warbled

Sang in wavering tones

piped · whistled · lilted · hummed · caroled · melodized · serenaded · crooned · fluted · twittered

Carrollian

nonsense

Meaningless words or actions

mirror · contrary · nursery · absurd · playful · gibberish · fantastical · wordplay · paradox · twins

coaxing

cajoled

Persuaded through flattery

sweet-talked · flattered · charmed · beguiled · enticed · inveigled · soft-soaped · buttered · manipulated · honeyed

Opposites
vocal manner/sound quality

tweedledbellowed

Shouted in deep tones

roared · thundered · boomed · blared · growled

volume/intensity

tweedledshouted

Spoke very loudly

yelled · bellowed · screamed · hollered · thundered

manner of vocal expression

tweedledbarked

Made canine sounds

snapped · commanded · demanded · declared · announced

Family

tweedle, tweedles

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G