TALKED UP Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

talked up

verb

past tense of talk up

as in promoted

to provide publicity for the director and actors are making the obligatory rounds of the late-night shows to talk up their new movie

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to voice one's opinions freely with force feel free to talk up if you have any objections

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Recent Examples of talked up In his absence, Van de Ven, whom De Zerbi has talked up as the best left-sided centre-back in Europe, stepped up and played the best and most consistent stretch of the season. — Elias Burke, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 In a timely interview with Mel as the festival began on Wednesday, Nazzaro talked up The Green Eyes, a pic from Fanny Liatard and Jérémy Trouilh’s that addresses deportation. — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 7 Aug. 2026 On the one hand, Friedman himself, and Walter himself, and Dave Roberts and Shohei Ohtani and Mookie Betts and a cast of heroes talked up a three-peat at last year’s championship celebration. — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026 George Chan | Getty Images Microsoft on Monday talked up a new artificial intelligence model for spotting cybersecurity vulnerabilities. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 27 July 2026 Kennedy has publicly advocated for lifting restrictions on peptides and talked up their benefits. — Will Stone, NPR, 23 July 2026 Trump has talked up his push to extend the Abraham Accords — which also formalized commercial ties between Israel and some Arab and Muslim-majority nations — as key to his plan for bringing long-term stability to the Middle East. — Aamer Madhani, Fortune, 23 July 2026 Breakker connected with a flying cross body over the barricade on Breakker as Cole talked up Evans developing an edge. — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026 The high wattage that packed the ballroom included actors (Jeremy Renner introduced his friend Afanasieff, Jane Seymour talked up the careers of Britten and Lyle) and one very famous director, Steven Spielberg, who helped close out the ceremony with an eloquent speech to introduce Swift. — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 12 June 2026

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Rookie slugger Bryce Eldridge, promoted in May, was in there, of course.

— Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2026
Blakeman is well liked in Nassau, one of the most populous counties in New York, and has promoted himself as a centrist in campaign advertising.

— David Sivak, The Washington Examiner, 15 Aug. 2026

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Investigators determined that multiple RVs may have been sold at Carson Pass RV in Lockeford without proper notification to their rightful owners and without completing the required Department of Motor Vehicles documentation.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 20 Aug. 2026
Merck last year sold nearly $32 billion worth of pembrolizumab, a drug that’s FDA-approved for more than 40 cancer conditions.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of sold

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Lenti Ponsetto, after 18 years leading DePaul athletics—and 42 years overall at the private Big East school—announced her retirement in June 2020, just six weeks after Conviser filed her initial suit in Cook County court.

— Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Trump’s White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt announced her resignation shortly after the airplane-swap incident.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of announced

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Dern's 7-year-old daughter peered her head over the barricade from her front row seat and shouted encouragement each time mom got close to her side of the cage.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026
Jarren Duran shouted at Willson Contreras at the end of an inning for no good reason.

— Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of shouted

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Mexico women cried with joy after a 20-19 win over Great Britain — which rallied from 20-6 down — for the women’s bronze and an Olympic spot.

— ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
Oscar-winning composer Alan Menken cried while tributing songwriting partner Howard Ashman on stage at D23’s Beauty and the Beast reunion.

— Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 14 Aug. 2026

Definition of cried

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