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Definitions

blurt out

VERB
betray
Synonyms
STRONGEST
reveal
STRONG
disclose evince inform manifest show sing snitch spill squeal stool tattle tell uncover unmask
WEAK
dime fink on give away lay bare let slip make known rat on tell on turn in
Antonyms
STRONG
conceal cover hide withhold
WEAK
be faithful be loyal be quiet defend keep secret protect support
VERB
blab
Synonyms
STRONGEST
divulge tell on
STRONG
babble betray blather chatter disclose gab gabble jabber mouth peach prattle reveal spill squeal tattle tell yak
WEAK
give away go on let out let slip run off at the mouth run on shoot the breeze spill the beans talk through one's hat yakety-yak
Antonyms
STRONG
be quiet conceal hide
WEAK
shut up
VERB
confess
Synonyms
STRONGEST
acknowledge assert concede confide declare disclose divulge profess prove recognize relate reveal
STRONG
affirm allow attest aver avow blow chirp evince finger fink grant leak manifest narrate own post sing snitch squeal unload vent
WEAK
clue in come clean come out dump on humble oneself let on level with make clean breast of open one's heart own up rat on sound off spill the beans spit out tip hand weasel
Antonyms
STRONGEST
conceal contradict deny disavow hide keep refuse reject repudiate secrete suppress
STRONG
condemn veto withhold
WEAK
disown mask

Example Sentences

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Asked how he felt at the end, a near-delirious Dudamel could barely blurt out “craaaazzzy.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 7, 2025

I blurt out in horror at my own comparative inadequacies on the romantic postal front.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2023

No sooner did ChatGPT get unleashed than hackers started “jailbreaking” the artificial intelligence chatbot — trying to override its safeguards so it could blurt out something unhinged or obscene.

From Washington Times • May 10, 2023

At one point deep into the evening, one of Lupa’s actors, a spectrally thin Andrzej Klak, seizes on the occasion to blurt out a diatribe on dire current events.

From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023

“I still have to use the bathroom,” I blurt out.

From "Internment" by Samira Ahmed

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.