SPEAK OUT

Artlessness

Verb: be artless; adj; look one in the face; wear one's heart upon his sleeves for daws to peck at; think aloud; speak out, speak one's mind; be free with one, call a spade a spade.

Disclosure

Divulge, reveal, break; squeal, tattle, sing, rat, snitch; let into the secret; reveal the secrets of the prison house; tell; (inform); breathe, utter, blab, peach; let out, let fall, let drop, let slip, spill the beans, let the cat out of the bag; betray; tell tales, come out of school; come out with; give vent, give utterance to; open the lips, blurt out, vent, whisper about; speak out; (make manifest); make public; unriddle; (find out) a; split.

Manifestation

Verb: make manifest, render manifest; Adjective: bring forth, bring forward, bring to the front, bring into view; give notice; express; represent, set forth, exhibit; show, show up; expose; produce; hold up to view, expose to view; set before one, place before one, lay before one, one's eyes; tell to one's face; trot out, put through one's paces, bring to light, display, demonstrate, unroll; lay open; draw out, bring out; bring out in strong relief; call into notice, bring into notice; hold up the mirror; wear one's heart upon his sleeve; show one's face, show one's colors; manifest oneself; speak out; make no mystery, make no secret of; unfurl the flag; proclaim; (publish).

Crosswords: SPEAK OUT

You know, you don't have to speak out loud. (All of Me; writing credit: Edwin Davis; Phil Alden Robinson)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• Shaken by Scandals: Catholics Speak Out About Priests' Sexual Abuse (reference)

• Verbal Abuse Survivors Speak Out; On relationship and recovery (reference)

• Alzheimer's Disease: Caregivers Speak Out (reference)

• Backtalk: Women Writers Speak Out (reference)

• The First Time: Women Speak Out About 'Losing Their Virginity' (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Speak Out For Children (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• The Reagans Speak Out On Drugs (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Speak out, or git out, one or t'other. Credit: Library of Congress.

"Speak out" N.Y. Herald. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

It is because I am sure that our fortunes are still in our own hands and that we hold the power to save the future, that I feel the duty to speak out now that I have the occasion and the opportunity to do so. ("Iron Curtain" Speech)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Only let me be told when I may speak out.

Speak out plain.

He had to confess, to speak out in words what he had done and thought, sin after sin.

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Civil Liberties

Guatemala

Self-censorship was common and took the form of individual decisions not to speak out or testify. (references)

Czech Republic

Individuals can and do speak out on political topics and freely criticize the Government and public figures. (references)

China

Some dissidents remained active and continued to speak out despite the Government's restrictions on freedom of speech. (references)

Economic History

New Zealand

Historically, under the controlled economy of the 1950's and 1960's, the consumer did not have many choices or opportunities to speak out. (references)

Human Rights

Grenada

The Police Commissioner continued to speak out strongly against police use of unlawful force. (references)

India

Because many alleged torture victims die in custody, and others are afraid to speak out, there are few firsthand accounts, although marks of torture often have been found on the bodies of deceased detainees. (references)

Women

Malawi

Women usually are at a disadvantage in marriage, family, and property rights, but they have begun to speak out against abuse and discrimination. (references)

Pakistan

Federal Ministers, especially the Minister for Women's Development, have continued to speak out against "honor killings" at public seminars and symposiums. (references)

Namibia

Government ministers joined in public protests against domestic violence, and the President, members of his Cabinet, and parliamentarians continued to speak out against it. During the year, convicted rapists and abusers received longer prison sentences in many cases than in previous years. (references)

Worker Rights

Lithuania

She was the first victim to sue the traffickers and to speak out about the problem in public. (references)

Georgia

The president of the ATUG continued to speak out on the issue, and in August the city prosecutor opened a case against the president for violating the findings of the court. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "SPEAK OUT": speak out of turn ♦ To speak out. Additional references.

Albanian

flas hapur (not to mince matters, talk up). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تكلم بدون خوف, ‏عبر علنا. (various references)

Bulgarian 

говоря открито. (various references)

Chinese 

謇 (speak out boldly), 仗義執言 (speak out on a matter of principle or justice). (various references)

Czech

mluvit zřetelnì, mluvit otevřenì, mluvit hlasitì. (various references)

Finnish

puhua suunsa puhtaaksi (speak one's mind). (various references)

French

parler mal � propos (speak out of turn). (various references)

German

seine meinung vertreten, deutlich sprechen. (various references)

Greek 

μιλάω ανοιχτά, λέω την γνώμη μου. (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"תבטא (express oneself). (various references)

Hungarian

kimond (pronounce, rap out, to adjudge, to air, to predicate, to pronounce, to rap out, to sound, to voice, utter), felemeli a hangját (speak up, to speak out). (various references)

Indonesian

ceplas-ceplos (speak out frankly, speak uninhibitedly). (various references)

Italian

parlare chiaro. (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

吐露 (express one's mind). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

とろ (express one's mind, pool). (various references)

Manx

loayrt magh, loayrt dy ard. (various references)

Pig Latin

eakspay outay

Portuguese

falar para for a (speak up), falar ousadamente, falar alto (speak up), demonstrar-se livremente. (various references)

Romanian

spune tot ce ai de spus, vorbi deschis, vorbeşte deschis, ridica tonul (sharp). (various references)

Russian 

высказываться откровенно, высказывать (bring out, give, give voice to, ventilate, vocalize). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

slobodno govoriti, govoriti glasno. (various references)

Spanish

osar hablar, hablar francamente, hablar claro. (various references)

Swedish

sjunga ut (sing out), säga sin mening (speak one's mind), tala ut. (various references)

Turkish

sesli konuşmak (talk up), serbestçe konuşmak (speak up), açıkça söylemek (articulate, avow, make no secret of, profess). (various references)

Ukrainian

говорити виразно. (various references)

eloquar, eloquens, eloquentia, eloqui, enuntiabit, enuntiant, enuntiat, enuntiavi, enuntiavit, enuntio. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: outspeak.

-1 letter: takeups, uptakes.

-2 letters: outask, sapote, takeup, taupes, uptake.

-3 letters: autos, estop, kaput, paseo, paste, pates, pause, peaks, peats, pesto, poets, pokes, pouts, psoae, pukes, saute, septa, setup, skate, spake, spate, speak, spoke, spout, sputa, stake, steak, stoae, stoke, stope, stoup, stupa, stupe, takes, tapes, taupe, teaks, tepas, toeas, tokes, topes, touse, ukase, upset.

+1 letter: outspeaks.

+2 letters: outsparkle.

+3 letters: outsparkled, outsparkles, outspeaking.