Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

protest too much

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.42 in modern English

Syllables
protest -too -much
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.

Etymology

Shortened from the lady doth protest too much.

Inflected Forms

protests too much (present, singular) protesting too much (participle, present) protested too much (participle, past) protested too much (past)

Questions

What does protest too much mean?
To insist so passionately about something that people suspect the opposite of what one is saying.
Where does protest too much come from?
Shortened from the lady doth protest too much.

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