Reporting Verbs — [1], [2]¶
advice¶
- advises
agreement¶
Weaker position¶
- admits
- concedes
Neutral position¶
- accepts
- acknowledges
- agrees
- concurs
- confirms
- recognises
Stronger position¶
- applauds
- congratulates
- extols
- praises
- supports
argument and persuasion¶
Weaker position:¶
- apologises
Neutral position:¶
- assures
- encourages
- interprets
- justifies
- reasons
Stronger position:¶
- alerts
- argues - row - bicker
- boasts
- contends
- convinces
- emphasises
- exhorts
- forbids
- insists
- proves
- promises
- persuades
- threatens
- warns
believing¶
Weaker position:¶
- guesses
- hopes
- imagines
Neutral position:¶
- believes
- claims
- declares
- expresses
- feels
- holds
- knows
- maintains
- professes
- subscribes to
- thinks see think
Stronger position:¶
- asserts
- guarantees
- insists
- upholds
disagreement and questioning¶
Weaker position:¶
- doubts
- questions
Neutral position:¶
- challenges
- debates
- disagrees
- questions
- requests
- wonders
Stronger position:¶
- accuses
- attacks
- complains
- contradicts
- criticises
- denies
- discards
- disclaims
- discounts
- dismisses
- disputes
- disregards
- negates
- objects to
- opposes
- see refute
- confound
- rejects
suggestion¶
Weaker position:¶
- alleges
- intimates
- speculates
Neutral position:¶
- advises
- advocates
- hypothesises
- posits
- postulates
- proposes
- suggests
- theorises
Stronger position:¶
- asserts
- recommends
- urges
conclusion¶
- concludes
- discovers
- finds
- infers
- realises
explanation¶
- articulates
- clarifies
- explains
addition¶
- adds
presentation¶
Weaker position:¶
- confuses
Neutral position:¶
- comments
- defines
- describes
- estimates
- forgets
- identifies
- illustrates
- implies
- informs
- instructs
- lists
- mentions
- notes
- observes
- outlines
- points out
- presents
- remarks
- reminds
- reports
- restates
- reveals
- shows
- states
- studies
- tells
- uses
Stronger position:¶
- announces
- promises
evaluation and examination¶
Neutral position:¶
- analyses
- appraises
- assesses
- compares
- considers
- contrasts
- critiques
- evaluates
- examines
- investigates
- understands
Stronger position:¶
- blames
- complains
- ignores
- scrutinises
- warns
discussion¶
Weaker position:¶
- comment
Neutral position:¶
- discusses
- explores
Stronger position:¶
- reasons
emphasis¶
- accentuates
- emphasises
- highlights
- stresses
- underscores
- warns
Other ways of talking¶
other¶
- answer
- fear
- repeat
- reply
- swear
- beg - beseech - lickspittle - fawn - groveling - blarney - truckle - obsequiously - plead - supplication - implore - ingratiate - adulation - tug/touch your forelock - carny
- demand
- prefer
- decide
- narrate
Anger¶
- Bellowed
- Snapped
- Cautioned
Affection¶
- Consoled
- Comforted
- Soothed
Excitement¶
- Babbled
- Gushed
- Exclaimed
Fear¶
- Stammered
- Gasped
- Screamed
Determination¶
- Declared
- Insisted
- Commanded
Happiness¶
- Sighed
- Gushed
- Laughed
Conflict¶
- Sneered
- Scolded
- Glowered
Amusement¶
- Teased
- Chortled
- Guffawed
Storytelling¶
- Recalled
- Resumed
Other¶
- Indoctrinate - didactic - edifying - sententious - preaching - give a piece of my mind
- grunt
- inveigh - vituperation - fulminate - diatribe - blasphemy - pejorative - obscenity - castigate - objurgate - berate - scold - upbraid - reproach - vilify
- Ant: puffery - encomium - rave reviews - rave - carol - belaud - praise - see ingratiate
- expostulate - coax - persuade - wrangle
- harangue
- drawl
- pertinent
- Interject
- eloquent - silver-tongued
- brachylogy
- verbiage - logomachy
- titter
- bicker
- malapropism
- pretext - ostensibly - allegedly
- derision
- vitriolic - caustic - mordant - acerbic - quip - demur - retort - snappish. banter - derisively - quip - jest - kidding - droll on - see funny - jocular - jesting
- Question - demur: I agreed without demur.
- deject
- adduce (see explain)
- pliable - malleable - lithe
- disparage
- question - impugn
- candidly - forthright
- profess
- susurration - murmuration - mussitation - muttering - mumbling
- ululate
- paralogize - ultracrepidarian - kibitzer - bloviate - bandy about/around
- see lie
- See Describe
- see bid
- twaddle
- gruffly
- brusque
- disquisition - report
- wail
- admonish - injunction - premonition - reprimand
- purportedly - presumably - supposedly
- hoot
- prattle away
Phrases:¶
- could not get a word in edge-ways
- talk at cross purposes
- needs a good talking to
- talking shop
- run that by me one more time
- could not make head or tail of ....
- get the wrong end of stick
Say/Tell¶
inform, notify, advise, relate, recount, narrate, explain, reveal, disclose, declare, command, order, bid, enlighten, instruct, insist, teach, train, direct, issue, remark, converse, speak, affirm, suppose, utter, negate, express, verbalize, voice, articulate, pronounce, deliver, convey, impart, assert, state, allege, mutter, mumble, whisper, sigh, exclaim, yell, sing, yelp, snarl, hiss, grunt, snort, roar, bellow, thunder, boom, scream, shriek, screech, squawk, whine, philosophize, stammer, stutter, lisp, drawl, jabber, protest, announce, swear, vow, content, assure, deny, dispute Tell - disclose, reveal, show, expose, uncover, relate, narrate, inform, advise, explain, divulge, declare, command, order, bid, repeat, squabble