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PRONUNCIATION OF SPEECHIFYING

speechifying  [ˈspiːtʃɪˌfaɪɪŋ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPEECHIFYING

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Speechifying is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES SPEECHIFYING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of speechifying in the English dictionary

The definition of speechifying in the dictionary is the act of making a speech, esp pompously and boringly.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPEECHIFYING


buying
ˈbaɪɪŋ
edifying
ˈedɪfaɪɪŋ
electrifying
ɪˈlektrɪfaɪɪŋ
flying
ˈflaɪɪŋ
gratifying
ˈɡrætɪˌfaɪɪŋ
horrifying
ˈhɒrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
mortifying
ˈmɔːtɪfaɪɪŋ
mystifying
ˈmɪstɪˌfaɪɪŋ
petrifying
ˈpɛtrɪfaɪɪŋ
preachifying
ˈpriːtʃɪˌfaɪɪŋ
qualifying
ˈkwɒlɪfaɪɪŋ
satisfying
ˈsætɪsfaɪɪŋ
scarifying
ˈskɛərɪˌfaɪɪŋ
stultifying
ˈstʌltɪfaɪɪŋ
stupefying
ˈstjuːpɪˌfaɪɪŋ
terrifying
ˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ
unedifying
ʌnˈɛdɪˌfaɪɪŋ
unifying
ˈjuːnɪfaɪɪŋ
unsatisfying
ʌnˈsætɪsˌfaɪɪŋ
unterrifying
ʌnˈtɛrɪˌfaɪɪŋ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPEECHIFYING

speech sound
speech synthesis
speech synthesiser
speech synthesizer
speech therapist
speech therapy
speech training
speech-reading
speechcraft
speechful
speechfulness
speechification
speechified
speechifier
speechifies
speechify
speechless
speechlessly
speechlessness
speechwriter

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPEECHIFYING

accompanying
annoying
bullying
copying
crying
drying
dying
laying
lying
magnifying
outlying
paying
playing
praying
role playing
role-playing
saying
self-justifying
underlying
varying

Synonyms and antonyms of speechifying in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «speechifying» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPEECHIFYING

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The translations of speechifying from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «speechifying» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

高谈阔论
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

speechifying
570 millions of speakers

English

speechifying
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

speechifying
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الخطابات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

speechifying
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

speechifying
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

speechifying
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

discourir
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bercakap
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

speechifying
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

演説
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

speechifying
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Speechifying
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

speechifying
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சொற்பொழிவுகளுக்காக
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भाषण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

vaazlar
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

discorsi
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

speechifying
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

speechifying
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

discursurile
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγορεύσεις
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

speechifying
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

speechifying
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

speechifying
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of speechifying

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEECHIFYING»

The term «speechifying» is normally little used and occupies the 126.706 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEECHIFYING» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about speechifying

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEECHIFYING»

Discover the use of speechifying in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to speechifying and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
English/German Dictionary of Idioms: Supplement to the ...
speechifying. no speechifying, please Volksreden: (malwieder/...) (lange/(große)) Volksredenhalten/ half/haltet/...keine...! to start/to stop speechifying/spouting ( again) Volksreden: (mal wieder/...) (lange/(große)) Volksreden halten/halt'/haltet/.. .
Professor Hans Schemann, 2013
2
Comics: Ideology, Power, and the Critics
furtive pleasures between simple-minded adults and alert children, a whole machinery for speechifying, analyzing, and investigating.5 Power, for Foucault, is in the speechifying etc; it is in the way we can be turned into objects to be studied .
Martin Barker, 1989
3
I Say No
CHAPTER. 41. SPEECHIFYING. On the Monday, a plowboy from Vale Regis arrived at Monksmoor. In respect of himself, he was a person beneath notice. In respect of his errand, he was sufficiently important to cast a gloom over the ...
Wilkie Collins, 2008
4
The League of the Less Lucky
18. SPEECHIFYING. THE. SIGHT OF him was apparently enough to bring the house down. Cissie, dressed as she was yesterday, looked a little more the worse for wear as if each day had a subtractive effect and was causing her to gradually ...
Joseph William Meagher, 2006
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"I Say No."
SPEECHIFYING. On the Monday, a ploughboy from Vale Eegis arrived at Monksmoor. In respect of himself, he was a person beneath notice. In i respect of his errand, he was sufficiently important to cast a gloom over the household.
Wilkie Collins, 1884
6
Martin Buber on Psychology and Psychotherapy: Essays, ...
Personal Making Present By far the greater part of what is today called conversation among men would be more properly and precisely described as speechifying. In general, people do not really speak to one another, but each, although ...
Martin Buber, Judith Buber Agassi, 1999
7
Papa Pettingill: a comedy in fouir acts adapted from the ...
Speechifying in the waiting room of a railway station ? Pet. I am not speechifying. I never speechify. Is a nice choice of language to be called speechifying ? I am giving the little one higher ideas. (Puts his hand in his pocket and pulls out a ...
Granville Forbes Sturgis, 1904
8
The Theater: A Monthly Review and Magazine
When they begin to speechify and harangue, there will be speechifying and haranguing on the other side of the footlights. From speechifying managers we have come to speechifying authors. These have also in recent times assumed a ...
‎1885
9
Reports from Committees
Yes, I observed there was a great deal of speechifying; in fact, I w.as kept out ; there was speechifying from a public-house ; there were a great number of Roman-catholic clergymen present. 407. What was the name of the public-house ?
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1853
10
The Life and Times of Oliver Goldsmith
absurdities ; and which made him even think, if the same 1772. friend's account is to be accepted gravely, that " speechifying" Mt. 44. was all a knack, and that he knew of nothing to prevent himself making any day quite as good a speech as ...
John Forster, 1854

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEECHIFYING»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term speechifying is used in the context of the following news items.
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Labour's way
Diarmuid Ferriter would perhaps have preferred if we had spent more time speechifying, dithering and generally faffing around like the Syriza government in ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
2
Speechifying Indie Comedy 'Mad Women' Is Too Scattershot to Satisfy
Mad Women is filled with storytellers: Nearly every conversation involves the detailed recollection of a past event. This gives most performers in writer-director ... «Village Voice, Jul 15»
3
Hillary Clinton's unseemly speechifying
I wasn't planning to write, again, about Hillary Clinton's compulsive speechifying. I already weighed in nearly a year ago urging her to stop talking. For money ... «Washington Post, May 15»
4
A rare zero stars for 'The DUFF,' thanks to grating heroine, draggy tone
But, between its grating heroine, strident speechifying, derivative plot and draggy tone and tempo, it's like the redheaded stepchild of “Mean Girls” and “Freaky ... «Washington Post, Feb 15»
5
Three-Minute Briefing: Gun Sounds on 2016 GOP Primaries
The weekend was filled with conservative speechifying at Iowa's Freedom Summit ... which began Saturday with red-meat speechifying in Iowa and a fake GOP ... «U.S. News & World Report, Jan 15»
6
A Mid-Season Assessment of 'Scandal''s New Feminist Speechifying
In a recent episode of “Scandal,” Olivia Pope was getting ready to work her Olivia Pope magic on an inexperienced, bushy-browed frump running for Congress ... «The New Republic, Nov 14»
7
Bost's Speechifying Becomes Target -- And Asset -- In Nationally …
Democrats are using Illinois state Rep. Mike Bost's impassioned floor speech from 2012 to paint him as an ill-tempered extremist, while Republicans say it ... «St. Louis Public Radio, Oct 14»
8
This Year's Emmy Nominations Are Same Old, Same Old
... and Joe Morton was nominated for his theatrical speechifying in “Scandal”—two great supporting performances. To avoid byzantine rules, the Emmys mostly ... «The New Republic, Jul 14»
9
Heard on the Fourth of July -- from Frederick Douglass to Ronald …
Each year on July 4, Americans celebrate the nation's founding with picnics, fireworks, music and speechifying. Noah Remnick compiled these excerpts from ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 14»
10
The key takeaways from 48 hours of Federal Reserve-related activity
The Federal Reserve is in the midst of a 48-hour information overload: Four Fed presidents are speechifying, Chair Janet L. Yellen is commencement ... «Washington Post, May 14»

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