Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

speak well of

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.99 in modern English

Syllables: speak well of
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To say good things about someone or something.

Example Sentences

"She believed every body spoke well of him."
""I have always shown her by my manner that I dislike her. She must think me an odious creature." "On the contrary," replied Idris, "whenever your name has been mentioned she has spoken well of you, and has expressed herself as desirous of your friendship.""
"There is nothing that will make this world brighter and happier than to speak well of one another."
"Three were stationed at Leicester for use on the fast, light London trains, and Lancashire drove for some years No. 970, of which he speaks well."

Inflected Forms

speaks well of (present, singular) speaking well of (participle, present) spoke well of (past) spoken well of (participle, past)

Synonyms

laud praise puff brush up to collogue flatter flatterize glaver gloze jolly lay it on thick make fair weather

Antonyms

speak ill of assassinate asperse backbite badmouth befoul belibel besmirch besmear bewray blacken blame

Questions

What does speak well of mean?: To say good things about someone or something.

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