as in shouted
to voice one's opinions freely with force
got in trouble for spouting off in class in a disrespectful way
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spouted (off)
Verb
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Marsch shouted ahead of a drill on Thursday, looking for Chicago Fire defender Joel Waterman.—
Joshua Kloke,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025 -
The cast must have required a boxful of Chloraseptic by the shoot’s end, considering how a good third of the dialogue is shouted at intense decibel-shattering levels.—
Jon O'Brien,
IndieWire,
10 Oct. 2025
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Henrikson spoke up at several board meetings and gave interviews to multiple news outlets as the story about Rupert gained regional and national attention.—
Jennah Pendleton,
Sacbee.com,
6 Oct. 2025
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This is not the first time Tatum spoke up about Hollywood’s troubles.—
Jack Dunn,
Variety,
5 Oct. 2025
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Republican Senators Rand Paul and Ted Cruz piped up in defense of Kimmel’s right to free speech without governmental interference.—
Sarah Stankorb,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Following the latest loss, Garrett spoke out with clear frustration about the team's losing ways.—
Evan Massey,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Oct. 2025
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Unusually, around 10 US bishops even spoke out publicly against the award.—
Christopher Lamb,
CNN Money,
4 Oct. 2025
Verb
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In chatty columns for the school paper, the Bowdoin Orient, Mamdani regularly sounded off on the topics of the day.—
Eric Lach,
New Yorker,
9 Oct. 2025
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Earlier in the year, Kennedy’s nephew Jack Schlossberg sounded off on social media that the family had not been consulted about the project.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
7 Oct. 2025
Verb
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While naysayers may argue Dalio is the boy who cried wolf, his caution has paid off in the past.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
10 Oct. 2025
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Devastated by the experience, Jules cried and found comfort in Winston Ndugu (Anthony Hill) before running off.—
Stephanie Wenger,
PEOPLE,
10 Oct. 2025
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In the internal memo this week, Huang said Nvidia would continue to sponsor H-1B visa employees and talked up his support for immigrant workers.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
8 Oct. 2025
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Here are some of the products Berkley and company talked up on the livestream, deserving prime real estate on your bathroom counter and inside your makeup bag.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
29 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Yesavage’s father cupped two hands over his mouth and yelled from the crowd.—
Mitch Bannon,
New York Times,
6 Oct. 2025
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Yang yelled out, revealing that his pronouns are actually cho/chang.—
Mathew Rodriguez,
Them.,
6 Oct. 2025
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“Spouted (off).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spouted%20%28off%29. Accessed 14 Oct. 2025.
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