TALKED UP Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

talked up

verb

past tense of talk up

as in promoted

to provide publicity for the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie

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as in spoke out

to voice one's opinions freely with force feel free to talk up if you have any objections

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Recent Examples of talked up Last month, the company also talked up its efforts to double Leo’s launch frequency and pack more satellites into each rocket. —

Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 9 Apr. 2026 But anyone with even a casual interest in the Red Sox has talked up Anthony as the next face of the franchise. —

Steve Buckley, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2026 In 2021, the real estate investment trust Seritage Growth Properties had talked up the possibility of installing as many as nine residential and office buildings on the site. —

Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 20 Mar. 2026 Elsewhere in the interview, Sarandos – who is in Brussels, Belgium, where the European Union is based – talked up Netflix’s investment in the European content market. —

Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 17 Mar. 2026 Device makers have talked up a world where users may be able to ask their AI agents to call a cab or book a hotel. —

Arjun Kharpal, CNBC, 6 Mar. 2026 Peterson had talked up head coach Bill Self’s KU program. —

Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 5 Mar. 2026 Specifically on content, the Lionsgate financial chief on the movie side talked up Mel Gibson’s Resurrection of the Christ to now be two films, as may happen to Michael, the Michael Jackson biopic. —

Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 4 Mar. 2026 In France, the National Rally party of Marine Le Pen—who is notably obsessed with cats—has talked up the healing power of touching animals (among other such positions) but will not forswear foie gras. —

Daniel Engber, The Atlantic, 22 Feb. 2026

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Part of the same generation from La Masia as Lamine Yamal and Pau Cubarsi, who both broke into the first team before Flick arrived, Bernal was promoted from the academy by the German coach for his debut campaign in the 2024-25 season.

— Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2026
Sierzputowski joined the fair in 2020 as a coordinator, and was promoted to director of programming in 2021 and artistic director in 2023 before her appointment last year as director.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 8 Apr. 2026