bellow
To shout in a very loud, deep voice.
bellow in a sentence
- 'Get off my vegetable patch!' the farmer bellowed across the field.
- We heard the bull bellow across the field, a deep roar that rattled the farm gate.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to bellow?
- Awhisper
- Bmurmur
- Cshout
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C: shout. The other three mean the opposite of bellow.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to bellow?
- Ayell
- Bwhisper
- Cshout
- Droar
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B: whisper. The other three mean nearly the same as bellow.
Words that mean something similar
shout, roar, yell
Words that mean the opposite
whisper, murmur
More words about speech & sound
- bicker: To argue about small, silly things.
- blurt: To say something suddenly without thinking.
- boast: To talk too proudly about yourself or what you own.
- cacophony: A horrible mix of loud noises all at once.
- chide: To tell someone off gently.
- chortle: To laugh in a happy, gleeful way.
- clamour: A loud noise made by lots of people shouting at once.
- clatter: A loud rattling noise of hard things banging together.
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