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Writing Help; Synonyms For "Said" (speech words)

Something I struggle with so much is finding other words to use instead of "said". (One thing I wish I'd known was that you can sometimes use a verb like "glared" to replace said. It all just depends on the context) Now that I've spent most my day compiling as many as I could think for my own writing, I decided why not share? And now I'm posting this list. Hope this helps!

A

Asked

Added

Acquitted

Absolved

Attacked

Argued

Agreed

Admitted

Acknowledged

Accused

Antagonized

Accepted

Acquiesced

Approved

Announced

Altercated

Annoyed

Alienated

Answered

Assured

Appealed

B

Badgered

Bugged

Blinked

Bothered

Barked

Burped

Belched

Breathed

Bargained

Buzzed

Back-talked

Boasted

Bragged

Babbled

Blushed

Bullied

Begged

Butted

Bartered

C

Concurred

Countered

Chimed

Chirped

Chittered

Chattered

Communicated

Concentrated

Collected

Checked

Compared

Confessed

Continued

Considered

Counted

Copied

Covered

Choked

Called

Cried

Comforted

Cut

Chuckled

Cringed

Complained

Cooed

Claimed

Clapped

Commanded

Complimented

Cheered

Commended

Challenged

Complied

Consented

Cackled

Chortled

Cachinnated

Commented

Cracked

Corrected

Coughed

Cursed

Cussed

D

Doubted

Directed

Demanded

Deflected

Divulged

Disclosed

Declared

Defined

Disagreed

Described

Decided

Dogged

Ducked

Detested

Drawled

Dared

Detested

Dared

Deceived

Discovered

Denied

Defended

Disregarded

Denoted

E

Explained

Examined

Enthused

Embarrassed

Educated

Exempted

Excepted

Encouraged

Eased

Evoked

Elaborated

Expressed

Excused

Entertained?

Excluded

F

Flirted

Fought

Forgave

Forced

Frightened?

Flashed (in some situations??)

Finished

Faked

G

Giggled

Groaned

Guessed

Gagged

Greeted

Grunted

Growled

Gave/gave in

Gibed

Gushed

Guffawed

Gathered?

Guaranteed

Gawped

Gaped

Grinned

Grimaced

Grated?

Galvanized

Gestured

Gasped

Gawked

Gazed

Glared

H

Hummed

Harassed

Heckled

Howled

Hiccupped

Hounded

Hassled

Hoped

Helped

Hinted

Hovered

Hurried

Hushed

Hollered

Haggled

I

Implied

Interrupted

Ignored

Insulted?

Inspired

Insisted

Investigated

Inquired

Informed

Identified

Imagined

Included

Irritated?

Introduced

Interfered

Inspected

Instructed

Interpreted

J

Joked

Jested

Jeered

Jabbed

Joined

Judged

K

Kidded

L

Longed

Leered

Lied

Labeled?

Learned

Leaned

Lurched?

Laughed

M

Muttered

Moaned

Mumbled

Managed

Multiplied

Mouthed

Mentioned

Mocked

Mused

Manipulated

Mourned

Meddled?

Measured

Matched?

N

Narrated

Nudged

Noted

Nodded

Noticed

Numbered

Needed?

Neglected?

Nagged

O

Obliged

Ogled?

Offered

Observed

Opposed

Overruled

Obeyed

Objected

Ordered

P

Prayed

Pleaded

Prodded

Pried

Pointed

Praised

Pardoned

Perked

Pestered

Proposed

Pined

Professed

Poked

Permitted

Pleased? *

(Like pleasing someone's desires- something they find appealing...Idk)

Passed

Paused

Planned

Played?

Pretended

Pressed

Pushed

Presented

Pulled

Promised

Prepared

Proclaimed

Provoke

Q

Quipped

Questioned

Quizzed

Queried

Quirked

Queued

R

Reassured

Relented

Roared

Ridiculed

Rendered?

Remarked

Resolved

Relieved

Reminded

Rejected

Refused

Remembered

Requested

Reasoned

Roused

Reported

Rhymed

Rejoiced

Regretted?

Replied

Repeated

S

Said

Sassed

Sang

Stated

Snickered

Sniggered

Spoke

Surrendered

Scorned

Sighed

Signed

Snorted

Sniffed

Sniffled

Scoffed

Skipped

Shouted

Scared?

Screamed

Screeched

Spotted

Spoiled

Spelled

Sounded

Soothed

Snored

Sneezed

Succame?

Submitted

Squeaked

Squealed

Stopped

Started

Stared

Shrugged

Spat

Sneered

Shoved

Suggested

Stalled

Scolded

Shared

Served?

Scribbled

Searched

Signaled

Spared

Supposed

Surprised

Swapped?

Squeezed?

Snapped

Stirred?

Swore

Smote/smit

T

Told

Thought

Teased

Taunted

Tormented

Tittered

Thrilled?

Tricked

Tamed

Tempted

Tested

Trapped

Tripped?

Tipped?

Timed

Thanked

Trembled

Trusted?

Tried

Tugged?

Typed

U

Uttered

W

Whispered

Whooped

Whined

Welcomed

Winked

Wagered

Whispered

Whistled

Wished

Winced

Wheezed

Wailed

Warned

Worried

Wondered

Y

Yelped

Yawned

Yabbered

Yearned

Yodeled

Yielded

Yelled

Meta: Phantom Pain

I've had some requests about phantom pain and also whether Bucky would have felt it when Tony blew his arm off.

I'm...going to try and do this in as succinct and understandable way as possible, because firstly no one really understands how pain works, and secondly the biological side of it is...very dense and boring. The current consensus is that it is the intersection between biological, psychological and cognitive factors - meaning that while nerves are an important component, what goes on in your brain also makes up a huge part of it.

Starting with the biology: boiled down to the essentials, there are 3 parts to the pathway to body pain - (1) the peripheral nerve that runs from the limb to the spinal cord, (2) the cells within the spinal cord that run up to the brain, and (3) the brain itself.

Another important concept to be aware of is the "sensory homunculus" which is basically a map in the brain that corresponds to specific parts of the body.

See how huge the area for hand and arm is? This is thought to be one of the reasons why arm amputations cause more phantom pain than leg amputations. (Image from Google)

What happens after amputation, put in the most basic terms, is that suddenly there is a part of the body that the brain is no longer receiving signals from and all the nerve cells along the pathway collectively go, "WhAt hAPpenED" and try to adjust. Changes happen along all three parts of the pathway:

1) In the periphery, the nerve ends are cut during amputation, but they continue to grow abnormally, and because they're not getting normal input they start interpreting random signals as pain (e.g. light pressure, temperature).

2) Similarly, in the spinal cord (will skip the details), the net effect is that the entire pain pathway becomes more sensitive to pain.

3) In the brain, it now has an area that no longer receives input, so it tries to reuse that area for other parts of the body, except it doesn't rewire properly and makes pain worse (e.g. by confusing input to a different part of the body as painful input).

This is how things go wrong in a normal human to cause neuropathic pain, but there are 2 things that makes Bucky’s situation special.

1) Bucky being a super soldier may mean he's less likely to develop these abnormal pathways because of superior healing

2) Bucky having a high tech prosthetic arm because we know from studies: - Having meaningful sensory input reduces abnormal rewiring - Actively using a prosthesis reduces pain

Specifically, Bucky’s extraordinarily realistic arm being able to perceive at least proprioception and pressure (see my previous meta) is more likely to fool his brain into perceiving it like a real arm, hence the brain and spinal cord rewiring is less likely to become abnormal.

On the flip side, phantom pain is more common in those who have arm amputations (as opposed to leg) or those who have ongoing pain input from the limb (i.e. ongoing issues with fractures, bone healing, scarring etc). As with most types of pain, stress, anxiety, fatigue and depression exacerbate phantom pain. There's also some evidence that traumatic amputations (Bucky's case) is associated with phantom pain.

So in summary, there are good justifications for both Bucky having phantom pain and not having phantom pain. I’m leaning towards not because of him being a super soldier and the amazing bionic arm - but you would not be wrong if you wrote phantom pain into his character.

Can we just take a moment to appreciate Sebastian’s acting here? When shooting this scene he obviously has his own arm wrapped up in green tape. But see how he overbalances onto his right side because his right side is now a lot heavier than his left, and his right knee collapsing under him because he didn’t expect the sudden change in weight distribution…it’s a nice detail.

Before I launch into Bucky's sensation after Tony blasted his arm off, I want you guys to watch this:

There's a lot of similar experiments (the rubber hand illusion is the other very common one) - basically the brain is able to fool itself into thinking something else is your hand if you get a strong enough input.

Now remember again Bucky's very realistic arm - which not only visually looks like a real arm but also has sensory input with proprioception and pressure - and remember also we said the arm probably can't sense pain by itself.

So can the brain fool itself into sensing pain when it isn't getting pain input?

Turns out, yes you probably can. In this study they fooled the subjects into thinking a rubber hand was their real hand, and when a rubber finger was bent into a funny angle (as though it was broken), most people reacted with shock/withdrawal and a very small number (2 out of 120) reported feeling pain. These are very small numbers and it's obviously a very subjective experiment.

But the other thing we have to remember is that these experiments are very short, i.e. these sensations happen even after a very temporary association by the brain with a fake arm.

What happens if you've lived with the arm for decades and it feels so realistic and well-incorporated into your body, in movement, look and feel? No one knows the answer to this - but I suspect Bucky's brain would have rewired itself to include the arm in its map. I think there is a strong possibility that seeing the arm blasted off and burning would create a perception in the brain that is very similar to physical pain, even if there are no pain input from the arm.

The other thing someone previously pointed out is that Bucky's remaining metal stump is melting from the heat and metal conducts heat.

When I first read this theory I thought that was a bit of a stretch, but...there's probably a good point to it.

According to Google, titanium glows at 1200°C. It melts at 1670°C. Steel melts at a similar temperature but glows at 460°C. I'm not sure what Tony's blast actually consist of, but at minimum Bucky's arm reached about 460°C if we're talking steel, but quite possibly 1600-1700°C.

Physics is not my strong point so I'll let someone else work out exactly how much of that heat would conduct upstream into his bone implants. It looks like titanium does not conduct heat very well, but what does that mean when the temperature is in the thousands?

In summary, I think there is a strong possibility that Bucky felt pain when his arm blew off - both caused by the shock to his brain that has perceived it as his real arm for decades, and the likely conduction of heat into his body. This would explain why Bucky was completely knocked down by that blast and his only contribution after that was to get kicked in the face.

(GIF by @lost-shoe)

If you call pedophilia a kink please unfollow me and never talk to me again

All I want in my life is to have Bucky Barnes' sense of fashion, is that too much to ask? 😩

support shang-chi, ladies and gentlemen!

asian rep is so important.

i see your 'there was only one bed' and raise you 'there were two beds but in the middle of the night, you still slip into mine and i don't complain because you're sick with a cold/fever because we were running away from the authorities last night and it was pouring rain, and i wake up the next morning and we're not cuddling or anything, although i wish we were, but we're facing each other and oh my god, you're still asleep and i can see every strand of disheveled hair, every freckle, every eyelash, every single detail of your face, illuminated by the 6 am sunrise from the molding motel window behind you, is this love?'

go fish

azula lesbian

I. I need all the alignment chart memes. All. All of them. My hands are shaking. Please.

AIGHT YALL RB THIS POST WITH YOUR ALIGNMENT CHART BLANKS FOR THIS ANON

I have decided that if I have a child, it’s name, regardless of gender, will be Perry. It’s perfectly gender neutral and meaningful to me as it is the name of one of my role models in life. They are protective, smart and overall caring to the people that love them.

I have decided that if I have a child, it’s name, regardless of gender, will be Perry. It’s perfectly gender neutral and meaningful to me as it is the name of one of my role models in life. They are protective, smart and overall caring to the people that love them.

Tbt the time I told myself I wasn’t gonna simp for men more than twice my age and then immediately fell in love with Bucky Barnes

So I made a South Asian dark academia mood board...

Oh, don’t mind me, just practicing my accidental over sharing

Marvel give them the gay you cowards

I’ve got 99 problems and spending an hour with Gilbert Blythe from Anne with an E would solve just about all of them

:)

Starting a new thing (if it isn’t already)

Distracted academia aesthetic

Get good grades but can’t read a chapter of a book without mindlessly scrolling through dark academic lit posts or pictures of other books in between pages

Likes the IDEA of studying, cannot for the life of them make it through a chapter of that textbook without thinking about moving to England after getting into Cambridge or Oxford

Makes it through the classics in the pursuit of knowledge but took multiple years because of the allure of the ya fiction fantasy section at Barnes and noble

Writes handwritten letters for loved ones with little pressed flowers in them, but has the absolute messiest handwriting

Style fluctuates from dark academia style to only sweats for a week to whatever was on the floor when they woke up that day

Has read the classics a couple times and follows the text post fandom accounts, but couldn’t hold an in-person conversation about them because reasons

Loves to read but literally hasn’t picked up or finished a book in ages just because of the sheer number of things they are currently procrastinating at the moment

Either has 30 million things in there mind or has about -2, there is no in between

Is trying their best and deserves a hug :)

Distracted academia

Isaac Newton should be considered a queer Icon

CPD just killed a fifteen year old child.

Her name is Katalin Karikó. Hungarian. Daughter of a butcher. Her thesis work became the basis of the mRNA vaccine technology. Read the article here.

Oh no, not me just eating a pack of hot chocolate mix again,,,

Chaotic academia is just Dark academia but with adhd

announcement: i am sexy

thank you for listening to my ted talk

I have homework but I think I might just go back to bed

I just saw a light academia/ cottagecore text post that was like “I wish I could grow little flowers in my hair” and at first I was like *yeah, that would be dope* but ya know what NO it wouldn’t be, it would be awful. I can barely brush my hair on a GOOD day and now I wanna detangle and manage fLoWeRs ni sir it would not work for me. Not only that but buggggssss in your hairrrrr allll the timeee, you sit outside and a bee just lands IN YOUR HAIR I couldn’t do it. It’s a romantic, lovely, dreamy idea that I just thought way too hard about but wow no thank you

The list of people that I hate without meeting is short, but people that make Instagram accounts for their pets then post AS their pets, are like 90% of that list.

Quick question for all you British folks out there,

When was the last time you revolted against the patriarchy?

Now’s a great time, don’t ya think?

Poem I wrote about eating fundip like two years ago

Whaddup Im Jared Im 19 and i never fucking learned to get seretonin in a healthy way

What if I just *replaces head with coral like Patrick in that one spongebob episode* all better

Ok I know the world is going to hell and all but I just wanted to share that I saw a cloud that looked like Perry the platypus today