Antonyms for talk big

Grammar : Verb

Spell : tawk

Phonetic Transcription : tɔk

Definition of talk big

Origin : late 15c., "speech, discourse, conversation," from talk (v.). Meaning "informal lecture or address" is from 1859. Talk of the town first recorded 1620s. Talk show first recorded 1965; talk radio is from 1985.

As in overdo : verb go to extremes; carry too far
As in preach : verb lecture, moralize
As in profess : verb declare, assert
As in bluster : verb bully, intimidate
As in boast : verb brag
As in declaim : verb proclaim; get on a soapbox

Example sentences :

What did Mr. Stein mean sending a boy like that to talk big to an old servant?
Extract from : « Lord Jim » by Joseph Conrad

I came to Paris by myself to talk big business with Thomery.
Extract from : « Messengers of Evil » by Pierre Souvestre

I may have to talk big, and twelve ounces of lead lend weight to an argument.
Extract from : « The Message » by Louis Tracy

Of course they talk big about honesty and all that stuff, but that's only their guff.
Extract from : « Poor White » by Sherwood Anderson

"You talk big when Zoraida's eyes are not on you," said Kendric.
Extract from : « Daughter of the Sun » by Jackson Gregory

She used to talk big things about me, and the rest used to laugh at her.
Extract from : « Mary Marston » by George MacDonald

We strut and talk big; we call the politicians sharks, the soldiers fools; but does it do any good?
Extract from : « Aunt Jane's Nieces in the Red Cross » by Edith Van Dyne

Tell thy soldiers, then, not to be too fierce, and not to talk big words.
Extract from : « Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China » by Evariste Regis Huc

They had, in order to be consistent and to talk big about morality, to include novels in their scheme of scavenging.
Extract from : « Books and Persons » by Arnold Bennett

In vain they deny their peril, affect to bluster and talk big; their real alarm peeps through the flimsy cloak of bravado.
Extract from : « Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 64, No. 397, November 1848 » by Various

Synonyms for talk big

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