Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to uptalk
Participle: uptalked
Gerund: uptalking
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | uptalk |
| you | uptalk |
| he;she;it | uptalks |
| we | uptalk |
| you | uptalk |
| they | uptalk |
Perfect
| I | have uptalked |
| you | have uptalked |
| he;she;it | has uptalked |
| we | have uptalked |
| you | have uptalked |
| they | have uptalked |
Past
| I | uptalked |
| you | uptalked |
| he;she;it | uptalked |
| we | uptalked |
| you | uptalked |
| they | uptalked |
Pluperfect
| I | had uptalked |
| you | had uptalked |
| he;she;it | had uptalked |
| we | had uptalked |
| you | had uptalked |
| they | had uptalked |
Future
| I | will uptalk |
| you | will uptalk |
| he;she;it | will uptalk |
| we | will uptalk |
| you | will uptalk |
| they | will uptalk |
Future Perfect
| I | will have uptalked |
| you | will have uptalked |
| he;she;it | will have uptalked |
| we | will have uptalked |
| you | will have uptalked |
| they | will have uptalked |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | uptalk |
| you | uptalk |
| he;she;it | uptalk |
| we | uptalk |
| you | uptalk |
| they | uptalk |
Perfect
| I | have uptalked |
| you | have uptalked |
| he;she;it | have uptalked |
| we | have uptalked |
| you | have uptalked |
| they | have uptalked |
Imperfect
| I | uptalked |
| you | uptalked |
| he;she;it | uptalked |
| we | uptalked |
| you | uptalked |
| they | uptalked |
Pluperfect
| I | had uptalked |
| you | had uptalked |
| he;she;it | had uptalked |
| we | had uptalked |
| you | had uptalked |
| they | had uptalked |
Conditional
Present
| I | would uptalk |
| you | would uptalk |
| he;she;it | would uptalk |
| we | would uptalk |
| you | would uptalk |
| they | would uptalk |
Perfect
| I | would have uptalked |
| you | would have uptalked |
| he;she;it | would have uptalked |
| we | would have uptalked |
| you | would have uptalked |
| they | would have uptalked |
Imperative
| you | uptalk |
| we | Let's uptalk |
| you | uptalk |
Verbs conjugated like 'uptalk'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'uptalk'
untalk,
betalk,
outtalk,
stalk,
talk,
untack,
untank,
uprank,
uptake,
uptilt,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From up- + talk.
Sample Sentences
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I asked the girl what she wanted. "Um, an apple martini?" she uptalked. / "I can do one," I said, "but you'll regret it." Our apple juice was disgusting and the apples we kept in stock weren't even the right kind. [2004, Amy Sohn, My Old Man: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 265:]
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I drove my sneaker into her shin. "Our assignment was to pretend we were at a sporting event? Okay?" / "She uptalks when she's nervous," Cinnamon said to Lars. He chuckled, but her comment made me mad. And embarrassed. / "I'm not nervous," I said. [2008, Lauren Myracle, Thirteen, New York, N.Y.: Dutton Children's Books, →ISBN:]
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It's worth noting, too, that typical interpretation of uptalking – that the speaker is indicating doubt about their assertion – is inaccurate. While this is one function of uptalking, when performed by someone with less discursive power towards someone with more discursive power, uptalking also functions to let the hearer know that the speaker would like the hearer's input. This is what happens when speakers with more discursive power uptalk to hearers with less discursive power. [2015, Rachel McKinnon, The Norms of Assertion: Truth, Lies, and Warrant (Palgrave Innovations in Philosophy), Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, N.Y.: Palgrave Macmillan, →ISBN:]
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Citing analyses of uptalk and proposals concerning its origins, he hopes that looking at the evidence for how uptalk is actually used 'will help you make linguistic peace with your uptalking daughter and her professional friends'. [2016, Paul Warren, “Credibility Killer and Conversational Anthrax: Uptalk in the Media”, in Uptalk: The Phenomenon of Rising Intonation, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 145:]