uttered

Gave voice to

Uttered is the past tense and past participle of utter, a verb meaning to speak or vocalize something.

She uttered a cry of surprise.

Beyond speech, utter has a legal sense: to utter a forged document is to pass it off as genuine, a form of fraud.

He was charged with uttering a counterfeit check.

The adjective utter, a different word, means complete or absolute: utter nonsense.

spoken

whispered

Spoke without full voice

exclaimed · stammered · stuttered · said · stated · declared · announced · proclaimed · voiced · verbalized

phonetic

pronounced

Spoken aloud formally

intoned · stressed · accented · inflected · modulated · syllabified · aspirated · voiced · unvoiced · nasalized

emotional

wailed

Cried out mournfully

moaned · sighed · gasped · whimpered · groaned · choked · screamed · howled · lamented · bawled

performative

recited

Spoke from memory

orated · narrated · quoted · delivered · invoked · incanted · prayed · sung · read · performed

interpersonal

lied

Told a falsehood

implied · suggested · warned · promised · threatened · confessed · admitted · denied · revealed · disclosed

Categories
Opposites
vocalization/expression

utteredunuttered

Not expressed aloud

unspoken · unsaid · silenced · silent · suppressed

mode of expression

utteredwritten

Composed in text

penned · typed · inscribed · signed · texted

permission/censorship

utteredbanned

Officially disallowed

censored · blocked · prohibited · forbidden · withdrawn

Phrases
Family

utter, muttering, utterance, mutters, uttering, unuttered, utters, utterable

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G