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Verbs for Negative Communication

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to offend
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to insult
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to affront
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to slight
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to curse
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to swear
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to cuss
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to boast
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to brag
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to crow
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to gasconade
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to exaggerate
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to rodomontade
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to hyperbolize
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to oversell
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to overstate
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to play up
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to gossip
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to talk
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to muckrake
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to tattle
to offend
to offend
Verb
o
ə
ff
f
e
ɛ
n
n
d
d
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to cause someone to feel disrespected, upset, etc.

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His dismissive remarks about her achievements offended her and sparked resentment.
The controversial decision of the company to cut bonuses deeply offended the employees.

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to insult
to insult
Verb
i
ɪ
n
n
s
s
u
ə
l
l
t
t

to intentionally say or do something that disrespects or humiliates someone

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to affront
to affront
Verb
a
ə
ff
f
r
r
o
ə
n
n
t
t

to do or say something to purposely hurt or disrespect someone

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to slight
to slight
Verb
s
s
l
l
i
gh
t
t

to treat someone disrespectfully by showing a lack of attention or consideration

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transitive
to curse
to curse
Verb
c
k
u
ɜ
r
r
s
s
e

to use offensive and impolite language

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intransitive
to swear
to swear
Verb
s
s
w
w
ea
ɛ
r
r

to use offensive or vulgar language in order to express strong emotions

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to cuss
to cuss
Verb
c
k
u
ə
ss
s

to express oneself using impolite language

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to boast
to boast
Verb
b
b
oa
s
s
t
t

to talk with excessive pride about one's achievements, abilities, etc. in order to draw the attention of others

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to brag
to brag
Verb
b
b
r
r
a
æ
g
g

to talk with excessive pride about one's achievements, possessions, etc. often in exaggerated manner

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to crow
to crow
Verb
c
k
r
r
o
w

to express great pride in one's achievements, success, etc.

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to gasconade
to gasconade
Verb
g
g
a
æ
s
s
c
k
o
ə
n
n
a
d
d
e

to loudly brag and exaggerate, trying to impress or intimidate others

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to exaggerate
to exaggerate
Verb
e
ɪ
x
gz
a
æ
gg
ʤ
e
ɜ
r
r
a
t
t
e

to describe something better, larger, worse, etc. than it truly is

understate

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to rodomontade
to rodomontade
Verb
r
r
o
ɑ:
d
d
o
ə
m
m
o
ɑ:
n
n
t
t
a
d
d
e
Old use

to brag and exaggerate loudly

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to hyperbolize
to hyperbolize
Verb
h
h
y
p
p
e
ə
r
r
b
b
o
ɑ:
l
l
i
z
z
e

to exaggerate something for emphasis or to achieve a specific effect

understate

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to oversell
to oversell
Verb
uk flag
/ˈoʊvɝˌsɛɫ/

to make something seem better than it really is by exaggerating its positive qualities

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to overstate
to overstate
Verb
uk flag
/ˈoʊvɝˌsteɪt/

to describe something in a way that makes it seem more important or extreme than it really is

understate

Grammatical Information:

transitive
to play up
to play up
Verb
uk flag
/plˈeɪ ˈʌp/

to make something seem more important or noticeable by highlighting it

background

Grammatical Information:

transitive
Phrasal Status
separable
phrase's verb
play
phrase's particle
up
to gossip
to gossip
Verb
g
g
o
ɑ
ss
s
i
ə
p
p

to talk about the private lives of others with someone, often sharing secrets or spreading untrue information

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to talk
to talk
Verb
t
t
a
ɑ:
l
k
k

to gossip about someone's personal life

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to muckrake
to muckrake
Verb
m
m
u
ə
ck
k
r
r
a
k
k
e

to uncover and share information about any wrongdoing, corruption, etc. involving an important or famous person or business

Grammatical Information:

intransitive
to tattle
to tattle
Verb
t
t
a
æ
tt
t
ə
l
l
e

to reveal someone's wrongdoing or misbehavior to others

keep quiet

Grammatical Information:

intransitive

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