Full-throated

/ˌfʊlˈθɹəʊtɪd/ · adjective

Meaning

(also figuratively of noises by objects) Using all the power of one's voice; communicated loudly or vociferously..

Definitions by Sense

1. (also figuratively of noises by objects) Using all the power of one's voice; communicated loudly or vociferously.
2. (figuratively) Showing strong feelings.
3. (euphemistic, dated) Of a woman: having ample breasts.

Example Sentences

[T]hou, light-winged Dryad of the trees, / In some melodious plot / Of beechen green, and shadows numberless, / Singest of summer in full-throated ease.

The laughter was not quite so full-throated as before. Such excessive cleverness was a little Satanic.

The purr grew louder, and ended in the full-throated 'Aaarh!' of the tiger's charge.

Amid the crashing full-throated shouts of the soldiers, the peasants formed in line, unfurling the great red banner of the Executive Committee of the All-Russian Peasants' Soviets, embroidered newly in gold, "Long live the union of the revolutionary and toiling masses!"

The heavy motor warmed up with a full-throated roar, then there was a grinding clash of gears, and George felt the old house tremble under him as the truck swung out into the street and thundered off.

[Andy] Warhol's portraits of Jackie [Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis] could not be more full-throated in their sorrow because they are so obviously felt, a silent agony.

Governor [Nikki] Hayley's full-throated insistence that the [Confederate] flag be removed—she called it a "deeply offensive symbol of a brutally offensive past"—played an instrumental role in building consensus in the state's Republican Party.

[Donald] Trump never received the full throated backing of his party colleagues and mainstream consensus until about 2am last night was that he was a joke.

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• more full-throated
• most full-throated

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