Definition of sound off in English:

phrasal verb

• Express one's opinions in a loud or forceful manner.

  ‘Pietro started sounding off to the press’

  More example sentences

  • ‘And it's all about how no-one takes any notice of him when he sounds off about crime and immigration.’
  • ‘At the same time she can generally shake off any criticism levelled at her for occasionally speaking out loud or just plain sounding off.’
  • ‘The Chancellor is certainly more than capable of sounding off about him, and the relationship between the two is said to be worse than ever.’
  • ‘He's sounding off about corporate scandals one moment, and his record collection the next.’
  • ‘The opposition are sounding off, but I guess by now they are in the habit of moaning about anything the government does.’
  • ‘But some dissidents were only interested in sounding off for the benefit of their constituents.’
  • ‘It is a quasi-governmental body, not just some obscure think-tank sounding off.’
  • ‘Our very opinionated panel sounds off on the day's major stories.’
  • ‘Is this just a personal pet peeve of yours, or are your constituents actually sounding off on the issue?’
  • ‘Our panel sounds off on the political news of the week.’

  Synonyms

  speak at length, talk at length, speak, talk, go on, hold forth

  declaim, discourse, spout, expatiate, pontificate, orate, preach, sermonize

  lecture, harangue, fulminate, rant

  spiel, speechify, preachify, drone on

  perorate

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