'Utter' definitions:

Definition of 'utter'

From: WordNet
adjective
Without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers; "an arrant fool"; "a complete coward"; "a consummate fool"; "a double-dyed villain"; "gross negligence"; "a perfect idiot"; "pure folly"; "what a sodding mess"; "stark staring mad"; "a thoroughgoing villain"; "utter nonsense"; "the unadulterated truth" [syn: arrant(a), complete(a), consummate(a), double-dyed(a), everlasting(a), gross(a), perfect(a), pure(a), sodding(a), stark(a), staring(a), thoroughgoing(a), utter(a), unadulterated]
adjective
Complete; "came to a dead stop"; "utter seriousness" [syn: dead(a), utter]
verb
Articulate; either verbally or with a cry, shout, or noise; "She expressed her anger"; "He uttered a curse" [syn: express, verbalize, verbalise, utter, give tongue to]
verb
Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words); "She let out a big heavy sigh"; "He uttered strange sounds that nobody could understand" [syn: utter, emit, let out, let loose]
verb
Express in speech; "She talks a lot of nonsense"; "This depressed patient does not verbalize" [syn: talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise]
verb
Put into circulation; "utter counterfeit currency"

Definition of 'Utter'

From: GCIDE
  • Utter \Ut"ter\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Uttered; p. pr. & vb. n. Uttering.] [OE. outren, freq. of outen to utter, put out, AS. [=u]tian to put out, eject, fr. [=u]t out. [root]198. See Out, and cf. Utter, a.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. To put forth or out; to reach out. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • How bragly [proudly] it begins to bud, And utter his tender head. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. To dispose of in trade; to sell or vend. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Such mortal drugs I have, but Mantua's law Is death to any he that utters them. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • They bring it home, and utter it commonly by the name of Newfoundland fish. --Abp. Abbot. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. hence, to put in circulation, as money; to put off, as currency; to cause to pass in trade; -- often used, specifically, of the issue of counterfeit notes or coins, forged or fraudulent documents, and the like; as, to utter coin or bank notes. [1913 Webster]
  • The whole kingdom should continue in a firm resolution never to receive or utter this fatal coin. --Swift. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. To give public expression to; to disclose; to publish; to speak; to pronounce. "Sweet as from blest, uttering joy." --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The words I utter Let none think flattery, for they 'll find 'em truth. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • And the last words he uttered called me cruel. --Addison. [1913 Webster]
  • Syn: To deliver; give forth; issue; liberate; discharge; pronounce. See Deliver. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Utter'

From: GCIDE
  • Utter \Ut"ter\, a. [OE. utter, originally the same word as outer. See Out, and cf. Outer, Utmost.] [1913 Webster]
  • 1. Outer. "Thine utter eyen." --Chaucer. [Obs.] "By him a shirt and utter mantle laid." --Chapman. [1913 Webster]
  • As doth an hidden moth The inner garment fret, not th' utter touch. --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Situated on the outside, or extreme limit; remote from the center; outer. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
  • Through utter and through middle darkness borne. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
  • The very utter part pf Saint Adelmes point is five miles from Sandwich. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. Complete; perfect; total; entire; absolute; as, utter ruin; utter darkness. [1913 Webster]
  • They . . . are utter strangers to all those anxious thoughts which disquiet mankind. --Atterbury. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. Peremptory; unconditional; unqualified; final; as, an utter refusal or denial. --Clarendon. [1913 Webster]
  • Utter bar (Law), the whole body of junior barristers. See Outer bar, under 1st Outer. [Eng.]
  • Utter barrister (Law), one recently admitted as barrister, who is accustomed to plead without, or outside, the bar, as distinguished from the benchers, who are sometimes permitted to plead within the bar. [Eng.] --Cowell. [1913 Webster]

Synonyms of 'utter'

From: Moby Thesaurus

Words containing 'Utter'