utter
utter
adjective
/ˈʌtə(r)/
only before noun
​used to emphasize how complete something is
That's complete and utter nonsense!
To my utter amazement she agreed.
He felt an utter fool.
Collocations
noun
agony
amazement
annoyance
utter
verb (utters, uttered, uttered, uttering)
/ˈʌtə(r)/
(formal)
​utter something to make a sound with your voice; to say something
He uttered a great cry of anger.
She did not utter a word during lunch (= said nothing).
My mother hardly uttered a word the entire afternoon.
Collocations
nouns as the object
blasphemy
cry
curse
Word Origin
adjective Old English ūtera, ūttra ‘outer’, comparative of ūt ‘out’; compare with outer.
Word Origin
verb late Middle English: from Middle Dutch ūteren ‘speak, make known, give currency to coins’.