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ACTIVE VERBS

The following is a list of active verbs.

Cried (tears):
  • bawled
  • blubbered
  • howled
  • mewled
  • moaned
  • puled
  • shrieked
  • sniffed
  • sniveled
  • sobbed
  • squalled
  • teared
  • lamented
  • wailed
  • wept
  • whimpered
  • yowled
Listened:
  • ausculated
  • attended
  • auditioned
  • eavesdropped
  • harkened
  • heard
  • heeded
  • misheard
  • monitored
  • overheard
Chewed, Ground (mouth, teeth, jaw):
  • ate
  • bit
  • browsed
  • champed
  • chomped
  • clenched
  • consumed
  • cropped
  • crunched
  • devoured
  • dined
  • gnashed
  • gnawed
  • gobbled
  • grazed
  • gummed
  • masticated
  • nibbled
  • nipped
  • noshed
Breathed:
  • blew
  • exhaled
  • gasped
  • gulped
  • huffed
  • inhaled
  • panted
  • puffed
  • respired
  • sighed
  • sniffed
  • snored
  • snorted
  • wheezed
  • wiffed
  • whooped
Laughed; Smiled:
  • beamed
  • cachinnated
  • cackled
  • chortled
  • chuckled
  • crowed
  • giggled
  • grinned
  • guffawed
  • howled
  • leered
  • rejoiced
  • roared
  • shrieked
  • simpered
  • smirked
  • sneered
  • snickered
  • sniggered
  • tittered
  • twittered
Flinched:
  • blenched
  • cowered
  • cringed
  • grimaced
  • quailed
  • recoiled
  • shrank
  • stiffened
  • tensed
  • winced
Beat (heart):
  • drummed
  • fluttered
  • hammered
  • palitated
  • pounded
  • pulsated
  • pulsed
  • pumped
  • quaked
  • skipped
  • throbbed
  • thumped
Beat (hand, fist):
  • battered
  • bludgeoned
  • boxed
  • clobbered
  • clubbed
  • cuffed
  • hit
  • pasted
  • pounded
  • pummeled
  • punched
  • rammed
  • slapped
  • smacked
  • smashed
  • spanked
  • struck
  • thrashed
  • thumped
  • trounced
  • walloped
  • whopped
Held (hands, fingers, arms):
  • clasped
  • clenched
  • clung
  • clutched
  • cradled
  • crushed
  • cuddled
  • embraced
  • enfolded
  • grasphed
  • gripped
  • hugged
  • pawed
  • plucked
  • restrained
  • seized
  • snatched
  • squeezed
  • viced
  • wrung
Touched:
  • brushed
  • caressed
  • chucked
  • dabbed
  • felt
  • fingered
  • fondled
  • grazed
  • groped
  • handled
  • manipulated
  • massaged
  • palpated
  • patted
  • petted
  • probed
  • rubbed
  • stroked
  • tagged
  • tapped
  • thumbed
  • tickled
  • twiddled
Looked (at):
  • admired
  • attended
  • beheld
  • checked
  • contemplated
  • discovered
  • examined
  • eyeballed
  • eyed
  • frowned
  • gaped
  • gawked
  • gazed
  • glanced
  • glared
  • gloated
  • glowered
  • goggled
  • inspected
  • leered
  • mooned
  • noted
  • noticed
  • observed
  • ogled
  • oversaw
  • peeked
  • peeped
  • perceived
  • perused
  • read
  • recognized
  • reconnoitered
  • regarded
  • rubbernecked
  • saw
  • scanned
  • scouted
  • scowled
  • scrutinized
  • searched
  • sighted
  • snooped
  • spied
  • squinted
  • stared
  • studied
  • surveyed
  • viewed
  • watched
Said; Whispered; Shouted:
  • announced
  • argued
  • articulated
  • babbled
  • barked
  • bawled
  • bellowed
  • blabbed
  • brayed
  • chanted
  • cheered
  • clamored
  • commented
  • cried
  • declared
  • drawled
  • droned
  • enunciated
  • griped
  • growled
  • grumbled
  • gushed
  • harangued
  • howled
  • intoned
  • jabbered
  • mumbled
  • murmured
  • muttered
  • palavered
  • pleaded
  • prattled
  • pronounced
  • ranted
  • rapped
  • raved
  • recited
  • roared
  • screamed
  • shrieked
  • slobbered
  • spouted
  • sputtered
  • squalled
  • squawked
  • stammered
  • stuttered
  • uttered
  • voiced
  • vocalized
  • whispered
  • whooped
  • yammered
  • yapped
  • yelled
Walked; Ran:
  • ambled
  • ambulated
  • bolted
  • cantered
  • clumped
  • danced
  • darted
  • dashed
  • filed
  • galloped
  • hiked
  • hobbled
  • hurried
  • hustled
  • jogged
  • lagged
  • limped
  • loped
  • marched
  • minced
  • paced
  • padded
  • paraded
  • pattered
  • peramulated
  • pitter-pattered
  • pranced
  • promenaded
  • raced
  • reeled
  • sallied
  • sauntered
  • scampered
  • scudded
  • scuffed
  • scurried
  • scuttled
  • shambled
  • shuffled
  • sidled
  • skedaddled
  • skipped
  • slogged
  • slouched
  • sprinted
  • staggered
  • stalked
  • stamped
  • stomped
  • strode
  • strolled
  • strutted
  • stumbled
  • swaggered
  • swept
  • tiptoed
  • toddled
  • trooped
  • trailed
  • traipsed
  • tramped
  • trampled
  • traversed
  • tread
  • trekked
  • tripped
  • trotted
  • trudged
  • waddled
  • waded
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