Synonyms for harken
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : hahr-kuh n |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈhɑr kən |
Top 10 synonyms for harken Other synonyms for the word harken
- auscult
- be all ears
- be attentive
- catch
- concentrate
- eavesdrop
- entertain
- get a load of
- give an audience to
- give attention
- give heed to
- hang on words
- hark
- harken
- hear out
- hear tell
- hearken
- lend an ear
- mind
- monitor
- obey
- overhear
- pick up on
- prick up ears
- receive
- take advice
- take into consideration
- take under advisement
- tune in on
- welcome
Définition of harken
Origin :- variant of hearken.
- As in listen : verb hear and pay attention
- That meant, naturally, that I was to approach and harken unto what he had to say.
- Extract from : « Working With the Working Woman » by Cornelia Stratton Parker
- Harken to the lecture on lobsters by Professor James Spurling!
- Extract from : « Jim Spurling, Fisherman » by Albert Walter Tolman
- Several of the crew had rushed down to harken to the strange disturbance.
- Extract from : « Blackbeard: Buccaneer » by Ralph D. Paine
- To obey is better than sacrifice; and to harken than the fat of rams.
- Extract from : « Life and Times of David » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
- Here it is; let us harken to it, and ponder it in the deepest depths of our heart.
- Extract from : « Life and Times of David » by Charles Henry Mackintosh
- And he certain is the biggest liar it ever were my pleasure to harken unto.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Triumph » by Burt L. Standish
- Then harken unto me: 'Tis a noble day, yet nobler will tomorrow's battle be.
- Extract from : « The Lay of the Cid » by R. Selden Rose
- Harken to this anecdote from the pen of the same traveler in Brazil.
- Extract from : « Stories about Famous Precious Stones » by Mrs Goddard Orpen
- She turns to the shepherds and bids them harken to the song she will sing.
- Extract from : « Stars of the Opera » by Mabel Wagnalls
- "She would neither speak to me nor harken," said he, whimsically.
- Extract from : « A Daughter of the Sioux » by Charles King
Antonyms for harken
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