Antonyms for soliloquizing
Grammar : Noun, verb |
Spell : suh-lil-uh-kwahyz |
Phonetic Transcription : səˈlɪl əˌkwaɪz |
Definition of soliloquizing
Origin :- 1759, from soliloquy + -ize. Related: Soliloquized; soliloquizing.
- As in recitation : noun reading to audience
- As in recite : verb read out loud; narrate
- As in talk : verb produce words; inform
- “I shall refuse to serve,” said Richling, soliloquizing aloud.
- Extract from : « Dr. Sevier » by George W. Cable
- "I—I—never thought you were like that," she said, almost as if soliloquizing.
- Extract from : « Mixed Faces » by Roy Norton
- He seemed in a deep reverie, and to be soliloquizing to himself by music.
- Extract from : « Uncle Tom's Cabin » by Harriet Beecher Stowe
- She seemed to be soliloquizing, rather than addressing the stranger on her doorstep.
- Extract from : « Good References » by E. J. Rath
- Might it not be that she was merely talking to herself,—soliloquizing?
- Extract from : « The Curved Blades » by Carolyn Wells
- He was speaking straight out in front of him as if he were soliloquizing.
- Extract from : « The Little Warrior » by P. G. Wodehouse
- A knock at the door put an end to his soliloquizing, and he was relieved to hear it.
- Extract from : « Toppleton's Client » by John Kendrick Bangs
- It is so; but there is nothing absurd in the idea of such a mode of soliloquizing.
- Extract from : « English Critical Essays » by Various
- "You may, if you are fond of soliloquizing," she said, turning away as he rose.
- Extract from : « An Unsocial Socialist » by George Bernard Shaw
- On one occasion while soliloquizing thus he called her "Sue" unconsciously.
- Extract from : « Jude the Obscure » by Thomas Hardy
Synonyms for soliloquizing
- account for
- address
- answer
- appeal
- articulate
- babble
- broach
- chant
- chat
- chatter
- comment on
- communicate
- confess
- converse
- convey
- declaim
- declaiming
- delineate
- deliver
- delivery
- describe
- detail
- discourse
- discoursing
- discussion
- divulge
- dramatize
- drawl
- drone
- enact
- enlarge
- enumerate
- exercise
- expatiate
- explain
- express
- flap one's tongue
- gab
- gabble
- give a report
- give an account
- give verbal account
- give voice to
- gossip
- hold forth
- holding forth
- impart
- influence
- interpret
- intone
- itemize
- lecture
- mention
- monologue
- narrating
- narration
- notify
- oration
- palaver
- parley
- parrot
- passage
- patter
- perform
- performance
- persuade
- picture
- piece
- playing
- portray
- prate
- prattle
- proclamation
- pronounce
- quote
- recapitulate
- recital
- recount
- recounting
- reel off
- rehearsal
- rehearse
- relate
- render
- rendering
- repeat
- reply
- report
- retell
- reveal
- rhapsodize
- run on
- say
- selection
- sing
- soliloquize
- soliloquizing
- speak
- speaking
- spill the beans
- spout
- squeak
- squeal
- state
- talk
- talk one's leg off
- tell
- tell all
- telling
- use
- utter
- ventriloquize
- verbalize
- voice
- yak
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